This is a lesson for my 9th grade at Colégio Pedro II, Rio de Janeiro.

1. What is this? Where can you find it?
What disease does it cause?

2. DENGUE
FEVER
PROFA APARECIDA

3. WHAT DO YOU KNOW
ABOUT DENGUE FEVER?
Where are the highest number of cases?
• In Brazil?
• In the world?
• What characteristics do these places
have in common?
• What should you do to prevent it?

4. WHICH REGION OF BRAZIL HAD THE
HIGHEST NUMBER OF CASES IN 2012?
NORTH
NORTH-EAST
MIDDLE-WEST
SOUTH-EAST
SOUTH
Source: http://portal.saude.gov.br/portal/arquivos/pdf/dados_dengue_classica_2012_at032013.pdf

5. WHICH REGION OF BRAZIL HAD THE
HIGHEST NUMBER OF CASES IN 2012?
1. SOUTH-EAST: 250.858
2. NORTH-EAST: 224.552
3. MIDDLE-WEST: 67.434
4. NORTH: 42.828
5. SOUTH: 5.712
Source: http://portal.saude.gov.br/portal/arquivos/pdf/dados_dengue_classica_2012_at032013.pdf

7. WHICH OTHER COUNTRIES IN
THE WORLD ARE FIGHTING
THIS PROBLEM?

8. What do these countries have in
common?
(they’re tropical countries)

9. This banner was published by a country fighting
against the dengue fever.
Which country is it? It’s a very small
country in south-east Asia.

10. SINGAPORE

11. What is the meaning of the message in
the banner?

12. What are the people from
Singapore doing in the fight
against the Aedes aegypti
mosquito?

13. SOME BILLBOARDS IN SINGAPORE:

14. VIDEOS
http://www.dengue.gov.sg/subject.asp?id=53

15. VIDEOS
http://www.dengue.gov.sg/subject.asp?id=53

16. THE SINGAPORE
GOVERNMENT’S
RECOMMENDATIONS:

17. At all times:
• Turn pails and watering cans over and store them under shelter.
• Remove water in plant pot plates. Clean and scrub the plate thoroughly to
remove mosquito eggs. Avoid the use of plant pot plates, if possible.
• Loosen soil from potted plants to prevent the accumulation of stagnant water
on the surface of the hardened soil.
• Avoid placing potted plants and other paraphernalia over the drains.
• Cover rarely used gully traps. Replace the gully trap with non-perforated
ones and install anti-mosquito valves.
• Cover bamboo pole holders after use. Rainwater can potentially accumulate
in these bamboo pole holders if they are uncovered and create a habitat.
• No tray or receptacles should be placed beneath and or/ on top of any air-
conditioning unit so as not to create a condition favorable for mosquito
breeding.

18. Every other day:
• Change water in flower vases. Clean and scrub the inner sides of vases. Wash
roots of flowers and plants thoroughly as mosquito eggs can stick to them easily.
Once a week:
• Clear fallen leaves and stagnant water in your scupper drains and garden. These
leaves could collect water or cause blockages to the drains, thus resulting in the
buildup of stagnant water.
• Clear any stagnant water in your air cooler unit.
Once a month:
• Add prescribed amounts of sand granular insecticide into vases, gully traps and
roof gutters, even if they are dry. Please click here for the list of retailers who carry
sand granular insecticides in their stores.
• Clear away fallen leaves in roof gutters and apron drains. If structurally
feasible, remove the roof gutters.

19. ARE WE DOING ALL
THESE THINGS?

20. WEBSITES
http://www.who.int/topics/dengue/en/ (World Health
Organization)
http://www.dengue.gov.sg/subject.asp?id=101 (Government
of Singapore)
In Brazil:
http://www.combateadengue.com.br/perguntas-frequentes/
http://www.brasilescola.com/doencas/dengue.htm
http://www.criasaude.com.br/N3599/doencas/dengue.html