Health surveillance guides communities on insecticides applications in public roads and spaces

Health surveillance guides communities on insecticides applications in public roads and spaces


Aedes Aegypti The activities of mosquitoes with application of insecticides on roads and public spaces are of the exclusive responsibility of the government

This type of action is governed by the 506/2022 ordinance of the state health department, which regulates the control of vectors and urban parasites in Rio Grande do sul.




According to the order, private companies can be hired by the government to carry out the service, under the coordination of the municipal director.

The state legislation establishes the conditions for the use of insecticide nebulizers and the measures to be taken before applying the product. For the service to be carried out, the insecticide will be provided by the state government.

This guide is made by the health surveillance council to clarify communities. “There are WhatsApp audio in the circulation that guides the communities to record the interest in the smoke operation so called in forms,” ​​explains DVS director Aline Medeiros. It is completed. “All insecticides operations are technically evaluated and defined by the rodent surveillance nuclei and by the health surveillance carriers, according to the epidemiological situation of the city.”

Ordinance 506/2022 underlines, in article 10, paragraph 3, that the frequent and inadequate use of insecticides can lead to resistance from target bodies and compromising the effectiveness of chemical control and should be adopted only when the necessary and indicated strategy, according to current scientific knowledge.

With information pmpa.

Source: Terra

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