Official Dengue Website

With the hot and humid summer weather, it has become the ideal breeding conditions for dengue. It has been in the headlines for whole of the year, with it being at epidemic levels again recently.

Was reading up info on health issues and realised that there IS a website dedicated only to dengue (http://www.dengue.gov.sg/subject.asp?id=10). Just for those of you who are not aware too. It's something very real happening in our surroundings (personally know more than 4 who have been hit with dengue & hospitalised), so it'll be good to know more about the condition for knowledge and prevention.

Some reading:

NEA and MOH urges all to stamp out the Aedes Mosquito population to moderate increase in Dengue cases
Those living in Dengue hotspots advised to take extra measures
JOINT NEA AND MOH PRESS STATEMENTDATE:19 June 2007

Singapore is facing an increase in dengue cases. The weekly number of dengue cases reported last week was 401, a 37% increase from 293 cases reported in the preceding week. A total of 2868 cases were reported during the first 24 weeks of 2007 compared to 1392 cases for the same period in last year.

Read the article at: http://app.nea.gov.sg/cms/htdocs/article.asp?pid=2911