The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent (IFRC) announced Tuesday a mobilization in all countries affected by Zika to support communities in eliminating mosquito breeding sites that transmits this virus and to those areas remain clean long term.
The priority area will be urban slums, "where there are many farms" Mosquito due to unsanitary conditions, said the head of the Department of Health of the IFRC, Julie Hall.
National societies of the Red Cross in Latin America and the Caribbean will mobilize its network of volunteers in this campaign to show the community how to remove mosquito breeding and their eggs.
The expert explained that these can be dried and survive for several months, even at low temperatures, until the departure of the larva as the temperature rises and comes into contact with water.
The WHO said last 1st a public health emergency of international concern for the rise in cases of microcephaly in newborns and neurological disorders in adults suspected related to the spread of zika.
"Clear areas where mosquitoes and their eggs is as important as keeping them clean," said Hall.