Speakers at a roundtable claimed that underprivileged areas were ignored in the application of insecticides and other anti-mosquito initiatives.
The discussion, titled 鈥楧angers of dengue and ways to prevent it鈥�, organised by the Bangladesh Private Medical College Association, was held at the CIRDAP auditorium in Dhaka on Saturday, said a press release.
鈥楥ity corporations are prioritising elite areas inhabited by well-off and influential residents in their mosquito control efforts while neglecting slums and other marginalised communities,鈥� they alleged.
Vice-president of Bangladesh Medical and Dental Council professor Md Zafarullah Chowdhury, registrar of the Bangladesh Health Education Accreditation Council professor Md Humayun Kabir Talukder, and BPMCA general secretary professor Md Moazzem Hossen, among others, spoke at the event.
BPMCA president MA Mubin Khan announced a week-long programme, aimed at raising awareness which will include seminars, discussion meetings, leaflet distribution, free medical camps, and cleanliness drives in schools, colleges, and markets. He also shared BPMCA鈥檚 plans to collaborate with the government to continue these efforts throughout the year.
