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  3. New Caribbean Mosquito Awareness Week Website launched

New Caribbean Mosquito Awareness Week Website launched

10 May 2016
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With the slogan "Fight the bite, destroy mosquito breeding sites", this first Mosquito Awareness Week, 9-15 May, will focus on Zika and the risks associated with the disease, especially for pregnant women.

The annual week was declared at the 17th meeting of the CARICOM Heads of Government in November 2014.

Visit the website via this link: Caribbean Mosquito Awareness 2016 (carpha.org)

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