The Abu Dhabi Waste Management Center (Abu Dhabi) has announced its intention to deploy 460 smart mosquito control mosquito nets in the next two months to cover all the ports of Abu Dhabi Emirate.

In his opening speech, Dr. Thani Bin Ahmed Al Zaidi, Minister of Climate Change and Environment at the opening of the Public Health Pests Conference organized by the Center, stressed the importance of organizing the conference as an effective regional platform to discuss this important issue affecting public health. A set of laws and regulations regulating the trade and use of public health pesticides and chemicals has been adopted as part of its strategy to maintain public health and ensure its sustainability.

He said: «These laws aimed at achieving the effective and sound management of these pesticides, and protect the consumer from the risks».

"The UAE is completely free of disease vectors. There is no local transmission of malaria, dengue fever and many epidemic diseases, as a result of the efforts of the Emirate of Abu Dhabi in particular," said Mohammed Al Marzouqi, Director of Public Health Pest Control, And at the state level in general, thanks to the efforts of the Ministry of Health and the Ministry of Climate Change and the Environment.

Al Marzouqi said: "We are proud in the UAE that we have the best types of pesticides and the latest technologies manufactured globally, whether from environmentally safe control equipment or expertise. The Emirate of Abu Dhabi is classified by the International Pest Management Organization for the success of the Emirate in achieving public health And the application of state-of-the-art technology in the world of pesticides, equipment and sprinklers. "

He added: "Within the next two months, the center will use the latest technologies in the fight against new mosquito traps manufactured in Germany and will be distributed to all border ports and various areas of the Emirate of Abu Dhabi to raise the highest level of readiness to monitor the entry of Egyptian Of the presence of some countries in the region ».

He pointed out that the traps that will be used in the future up to 460 new trap, have a more accurate sensors when entering mosquitoes, up to 98.5%, and its purchasing and operating cost of 6.9 million dirhams, and will contribute to the provision of twice the amounts used in the fight.

Al-Marzouqi stressed that Abu Dhabi Emirate does not care about the cost, but pays attention to the health of the people. It annually allocates 71 million dirhams to combat the public health pests in the emirate and to protect the various members of the society, pointing out the presence of 430 mosquito control traps distributed in areas of the emirate, New Smartphone to Raise Readiness and Preparedness.

National control plan

Director of Public Health Pest Control Project, Mr. Mohammed Al Marzouqi, confirmed the presence of joint committees and teams from the Ministry of Health, the Ministry of Climate Change and the Environment and the local administrations to develop a national plan to consolidate efforts to control public health pests and standardize control efforts at the state level.

71

Million dirhams

Pest control

Annually in Abu Dhabi.