Funchal City Council will initiate the 2014 combat against the Aedes aegypti mosquito - the Dengue Fever vector - Tuesday 29 July with the application of salt water in the city´s gutters and drainage system, especially in the most critical areas of the city, marked in red.

Salt water has been confirmed as an effective measure against the evolution of mosquito larva with little or no relevant environmental impact since most of the city´s road / rainwater drainage systems empty into the sea.

Funchal City Council maintains its own monitoring network of both ovitraps and mosquito traps and sends these results to the regional health board - IASAUDE who in turn, together with a larger monitoring network, produce a regional entomological report. 

This combat will continue through to October / mid-November in intervals of no more than 3 weeks and adjusted according the meteorological alterations and monitoring results

Source: DN Noticas Madeira "Operação de combate ao mosquito vector de transmissão da dengue no Funchal", 2014-07-28

Press conference to update on actions being put in place to continue the fight against Aedes aegypti mosquito, the Dengue fever vector.