Young residents of Taman Cempaka start club to stop dengue


Taman Cempaka Communication for Behavioural Impact (Combi) youth team members together with its advisor Salim Daud (left, in white cap) picking up rubbish around the premise at the Taman Cempaka flats in Johor Baru here on Jan 10, 2014.

JOHOR BARU: Classified as the area with the highest number of dengue cases in the Johor Baru district last year, young residents of Taman Cempaka here have started a club in an effort to prevent further outbreaks.

Some 30 youths, aged between 12 and 15, started their initiative by distributing flyers to the local community and cleaning up possible breeding grounds for Aedes mosquitoes in the area.

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