OVER 500 residents of Kampung Pandan in Ampang, Selangor, attended a health event in support of dengue prevention.
Ampang Jaya Municipal Council’s (MPAJ) “Program Riuh Pandan Sihat” saw the distribution of abate (for killing larvae) to 24 councillors and vests for five Communication for Behavioural Impact (Combi) teams under the Zone 15 Residents Committee.
Combi, developed by the World Health Organisation, involves strategies for outbreak prevention and control measures in a community setting.
“Inspections of Aedes mosquito breeding sites were also carried out together with vector control operators at 47 houses,” MPAJ said in a media statement.
There was also plogging organised by the Universiti Kuala Lumpur Malaysia Italy Design Institute (UniKL Midi) and KDEB Waste Management (KDEBWM), which collected over 466kg of waste.
Various services and community activities such as the Trash to Cash programme which collected 358.2kg of recyclable materials were held, while 22 food sellers received their typhoid vaccination at a subsidised rate of RM45, the statement added.
Other activities during the event held at Dewan MPAJ Jalan H included health screening, mosquito larvae searching contest, cat adoption drive and free motor oil change.
MPAJ urged residents to always ensure that their residences and surroundings were free of Aedes breeding sites.
Present at the event were MPAJ Zone 15 councillor Nur Sakinah Mohd Yusoff and MPAJ deputy president Hasrolnizam Shaari.
