Seminar Anti Dengue Campaign at Sanat Zar Toba Tek Singh

Seminar On:          “ERADICATION OF DENGUE MOSQUITO           AWARNESS  COMPAIGN”

Organized By:        Social Welfare Deptt. Community Development Project

                                 Toba Tek Singh

Venue:                  Seminar at District Industrial Home, DIH, T.T.Singh

Chief Guest:           Dr. Abid Hussain, President,

                                 Al-Madni Social Welfare Society, Pirmahal.

Speakers:                Rai Abdul Shakoor, Deputy District Officer,

                                  Social Welfare, Community Development,

                                  Toba Tek Singh.                        

Core Objective of Seminar:

Ø  To create awareness at grass root level regarding preventive measures from dengue virus

Ø  To provide education session to Community groups/ NGOs and students through presentations, awareness lectures and  distribution of informative literature

Social Welfare Department, Community Development project, Toba Tek Singh in collaboration with Manager, District Industrial Home, (Sanatzar) Toba Tek Singhthe organized a seminar on Eradication of Dengue Mosquito and its Larva, Awareness Campaign. The seminar, held at, Hall (Sanatzar )  dated on February 03-03-2012       (9.00: A.M to 11 .00 P.M) aimed at spreading awareness about dengue fever among members of NGOs and Students of institution.                                                                     

Dr.Abid Hussain, President, Al-Madni Social Welfare Society, Pirmahal, Presided over the seminar.      

                                                                            

Session started at 9.00 A.M  with the reciting of the Holy Quran. Participants were delivered keynote lectures and stressed the need for adopting preventive measures in order to eradicate dengue carrier mosquito. Chief Guest  Dr. Abid Hussain  presented presentation on the history of the Dengue Mosquito in Pakistan.  He also told the participants the common breeding sites of the mosquito and how to eliminate these sites in effective way.  Speaker Rai Abdul Shakoor, Deputy District Officer, Social Welfare, Community Development Project, Toba Tek Singh described the life cycle of the mosquito’s larva. He told the participants when a mosquito carrying dengue virus bites a person; the virus enters the skin to gather with the mosquito’s saliva. It binds to and enters white blood cells, virus production increased in a body and person experience low Blood Pressure.

                                    After the seminar Pamphlets were also distributed to the participants.