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ENTOMOLOGICAL SURVEILLANCE
A publication of the National Dengue Control Unit
Ministry of Health, Sri Lanka
Vol.02 Issue No 04
April 2015
Solid Waste Management and Prevention of The principles of SWM are directed at life cycle
approach that includes waste avoidance, waste
Dengue
Dengue is a major public health problem for past minimization, waste segregation, collection
several decades. It is a mosquito borne disease /packaging, transportation, storage, treatment and
and vector-mosquito Aedes prefer to breed in disposal (Figure 02).
clear water filled shallow containers in dark,
hidden, cool, peri-domestic environment.
According to the entomological surveys in year
2014 dengue mosquito breeding sites were as
follows and nearly half of the them were related
to solid waste (Figure01)
Tyres
6%
Other
14%
Gutters
1%
Discarded
receptacles
40%
Water
storage
containers
18%
Cement
tanks
Ponds
6%
1%
Wells
1%
Concrete
slab
Natural 1%
7%
A/C
Refrigerat
Ornament ors
3%
als
2%
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Table 1: Dengue Entomological Surveillance - 2015 March Summary
Kandy
Batticaloa
Kalmunai
EP
Trincomalee
Ampara
Anuradhapura
NCP
Polonnaruwa
Kegalle
SGP
Rathnapura
Galle
SP
Matara
Hambantota
Jaffna
Mannar
Killinochchi
NP
Vavuniya
Mullativu
Sri Lanka
0%
0%
0%
0%
0%
0%
0%
0%
0%
0%
0%
0%
0%
0%
0%
3%
0%
1%
0%
0%
0%
0%
0%
0%
0%
0%
0%
0%
6%
2%
20%
6%
4%
6%
0%
0%
34%
0%
0%
4%
1%
1%
0%
3%
0%
6%
5%
0%
5%
4%
0%
0%
0%
0%
0%
5%
2%
6%
0%
1%
4%
0%
0%
0%
2%
0%
19%
6%
0%
2%
0%
0%
9%
5%
6%
2%
10%
2%
0%
0%
0%
3%
0%
3%
7%
15%
4%
2%
2%
0%
1%
0%
0%
0%
1%
1%
0%
2%
2%
3%
0%
2%
3%
14%
4%
5%
6%
3%
0%
22%
0%
4%
Others
NuwaraEliya
1%
3%
1%
0%
6%
6%
4%
9%
14%
0%
18%
0%
9%
7%
4%
0%
16%
4%
5%
8%
1%
21%
22%
45%
0%
3%
6%
6%
Wells
Matale
CP
5%
22%
7%
5%
27%
0%
35%
18%
25%
0%
20%
23%
11%
30%
23%
8%
6%
22%
21%
12%
12%
38%
22%
43%
3%
44%
23%
19%
P&O
Badulla
44%
16%
52%
50%
43%
53%
32%
37%
17%
0%
22%
18%
57%
21%
42%
50%
47%
48%
34%
47%
48%
18%
33%
1%
25%
10%
32%
35%
A/C & R
Monaragala
UP
Natural
Puttalam
Concrete slab
Kurunegala
NWP
Cement tanks
Kalutara
5.6%
9.1%
8.8%
7.7%
2.9%
8.6%
5.6%
4.4%
5.1%
0%
3.7%
7.7%
5.4%
6.3%
8.2%
10.4%
9.2%
13.0%
6.7%
7.7%
8.0%
3.1%
4.7%
9.9%
9.0%
5.1%
8.2%
6.90%
Water storage
containers
Gampaha
142
49
126
168
28
15
81
9
33
0
70
287
108
79
45
23
31
260
159
81
88
34
28
69
47
65
41
2,166
Discarded
receptacles
Colombo MC
WP
2,557
537
1,436
2,181
954
175
1,454
205
641
6
1,898
3,742
2,001
1,261
552
221
338
2,007
2,384
1,053
1,106
1,080
600
700
520
1,284
500
31,393
%
Positive
Colombo
Found
positive
Inspected
District
Province
No. of Premises
0%
0%
0%
0%
0%
12%
0%
0%
0%
0%
0%
11%
6%
5%
0%
0%
0%
0%
0%
0%
0%
0%
0%
0%
0%
0%
0%
2%
35%
36%
16%
36%
14%
23%
28%
36%
8%
100%
20%
37%
16%
32%
29%
33%
22%
12%
26%
17%
20%
12%
17%
8%
72%
18%
39%
26%
Key: This report is based on the weekly returns sent by Entomological Assistants (EAA) to N DCU. P & O- Ponds and Ornamentals; R
Refrigerators ; * No data ; Others- Tyres, Roof gutters and other miscellaneous places (eg. Tube wells, Earth pipes, Water meters, etc)
MO(O)H
Gampaha
Kalutara
Kegalle
Kelaniya,Negombo,Katana,Wattala
Horana
Mawanella, Galigamuwa
Director,
NB:
Entomological
surveillance data for the
month of March 2015
done
by
MRI
entomology teams has
not received
Address: