Brazil is joint effort against Aedes aegypti

National mobilization against mosquitoes leads 220,000 military and health professionals to the streets. President Dilma and more than 30 government officials participate in actions carried out in 26 states and the Federal District.



Dilma Rousseff during mobilization campaign in Rio de Janeiro

The Brazilian government held on Saturday (13/02) a national mobilization against the Aedes aegypti, with 220,000 military and health professionals in all the country's streets to combat the proliferation of mosquito outbreaks of zika virus, dengue and chikungunya.

health workers and members of the armed forces guide the public about the importance of the fight against mosquitoes in 353 municipalities, and distribute about four million flyers on prevention and ways to eliminate insect outbreaks. The goal is to inspect more than 3 million homes.

The mobilization under the slogan "Zika Zero" has participation of President Dilma Rousseff, who accompanies the work done in Rio de Janeiro. She was in the Zeppelin community in Santa Cruz, in the west of the city, where he participated in distribution of informative material and visited homes, accompanied by the governor Luiz Fernando Bigfoot, the mayor of Rio, Eduardo Paes, and health workers.

The vice-president, Michel Temer, was in Curitiba, and more than 30 government officials, including ministers, ambassadors and secretaries executives taking part in the actions carried out in 26 states and the Federal District.