I grew up in a household where my mom cleans our house on a daily basis.
Dengue is prevalent in Southeast Asia and in the Philippines, the disease outbreak is spreading to more areas and impacting more lives.
In 2015 there were 200,415 reported Dengue Fever cases, a 60% increase over 2014 which had 121,000 cases. With the disease growing rapidly across the country, empowerment is the most effective tool to combat dengue.
For this reason, the Allied Against Dengue Movement was founded to lead a change and create bigger impact through collaborative partnerships, healthcare providers, industry and community empowerment and a holistic public education approach that combines prevention with management.
“With the disease growing rapidly across the country, empowerment is the most effective tool to combat dengue.”
Heather Pelier, General Manager of GSK Consumer Healthcare said, “Dengue is rife in the Philippines and unless we join forces, the disease will become the fastest spreading health threat in the Philippines.
GSK was motivated to initiate Allied Against Dengue as we were concerned about the escalating hazard and effects of dengue on the nation including our employees and their families who have experienced the dreaded disease. Uniting forces and actions enable greater empowerment across stakeholders, education delivery to communities nationwide and allow us to help people to do more, feel better and live longer. Allied Against Dengue is the catalyst to this with the ultimate goal to reduce the impact of dengue burden Filipinos.”
The movement aims to lead change and create a bigger impact on society through collaborative partnerships with the DOH, private institutions, healthcare providers, media influencers, and community leaders.
GSK together with the other coalition partners activates the ambitious roadmap that the Movement has set out to achieve its goal of reducing the burden of dengue on society through empowerment and education.
Ms. Rowena of Animetric’s World, a mommy/lifestyle blogger with Ms. Jolina Magdangal-Escueta shares their advice on dengue prevention
- Dengue fever is a virus infection caused by the dengue virus.
- There are 4 kinds of Dengue virus.
- Once the Aedes mosquito bites a person who carries the Dengue virus, the mosquito becomes a carrier of a virus for its entire lifetime. It will continue to bite and lay eggs every three days.
Symptoms of Dengue
- High continuous fever that lasts for 2-7 days
- Skin flushing
- Hemorrhagic manifestation or bleeding of nose and/or gums
- Loss of appetite
- Nausea / vomiting
- No medicine or antibiotic can treat dengue
- Bed rest and lots of fluid
- For fever, give paracetamol (Safest, recommended by WHO)
- Avoid aspirin or NSAIDS (Ibuprofen)
4S Against Dengue
- Search and Destroy breeding grounds of mosquitoes
- Seek immediate consultation
- Say “NO” to indiscriminate fogging; Say “YES” only during an outbreak or epidemic
- Self-protection measures such as using insect repellant or wearing pants and long sleeved shirts
I really didn't know much about Dengue before reading this. I'm glad that you are actively helping and spreading the word on how to prevent it.
This is a super important campaign! Not many people know about this disease in here so it's crucial that they're aware of the dangers and how to prevent it
It can be a real issue especially during the warmer days of the year! I think it's nice that people are raising awareness about dengue and helping as much as they can! I'm glad you're part of this program!
I am glad to see you being so proactive about fighting this disease in your country. Over here in the states, I suppose our biggest worry right now is the Zika virus. It is becoming pretty big here, and we are trying our best to fight it.
I never even heard of this! Mosquitoes carry a lot of nasty diseases!
I'm scared of any of us contracting Dengue so I'm very particular about my surroundings esp when i have kids. Can't hlep feeling paranoid too sometimes.
I hadn't realised dengue fever was still such a problem. Such an informative post, and what a great movement. Thanks for sharing.
What a great campaing. We have to be careful with dengue, especially this summer.
I'm glad you posted about it. This one was new to me, and an awareness campaign like this is important!
This is a nice program. This illnesses brought by mosquitoes are so alarming.
I've never personally known anyone who's gotten Dengue but I've seen people on tv talk about the problems they had battling it.
Often when people come together change really can take place. It's just a matter of getting the people together, I think, most of the time.
I really must live in a bubble because I had never heard of Dengue before! Thanks for the awareness
I hate dengue too! There are many kids who caused their lives for this illness, hope this will be resolved.
It is so important to be aware of the illness around you. This is such an important campaign.