Control OF Aedes aegypti: EFFICIENT ACTIONS ADOPTED BY THE HEALTH SECRETARIAT OF BREJO SANTO IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF CARIRI- UFCA

Abstract

Arboviruses, are diseases that are affected in humans through the bite of the female of the infected Aedes aegypti, after diagnosis by means of laboratory examination we can know the type of the disease. Research activities and university extension UFCA and Health Secretary were carried out with educational task forces in neighborhoods with higher incidence of vector, installation of ovitrampas type traps and training of servers to act as brigadistas. the actions of the municipality in partnership with the UFCA managed to obtain a control of 71.43% of the vector infestation rate in the urban area considering that the percentage of 28.57% is not significant considering that even may be related to the absence of some households because it does not find residents in the households, this generates the possibility that this percentage considering this fact could reach 90% or close to 100% control of Aedes aegypti. This epidemiological problem is a threat to all, so university students assume a primary role to disseminate the knowledge acquired and generated at the university in order to contribute to the sustainable development of the municipality of Brejo Santo-Ce.