What is the Region of Peel doing about WNV?
Every year, the Region of Peel develops a Vector Borne Disease Prevention Plan (PDF 132KB, 33 pages). To update the 2010 plan, Peel Public Health has worked closely with the City of Mississauga, City of Brampton, Town of Caledon, Credit Valley Conservation and the Toronto and Region Conservation Authority. The plan is based on recommendations from the Ontario Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care, Health Canada and the US Centre for Disease Control.
Activities in the plan include:
Public Education
Peel Public Health has many educational resources on WNV, personal protection, how to reduce mosquito breeding around your neighbourhood and other WNV-related topics. These resources include:
Monitoring for WNV in people and the environment
Peel Public Health monitors for WNV in people and mosquitoes. Numbers, species and locations of adult and larval mosquito population are monitored to detect the presence of WNV. This data will assist Peel Public Health with identifying WNV in Peel and assessing its risk to human health.
Reducing mosquito breeding through larviciding
The larviciding program for 2011 was completed on September 30. Larviciding involves applying environmentally friendly products to reduce mosquito larvae (immature mosquitoes) living in stagnant water. The products are applied to municipal catch basins and selected municipal surface water sites. Only those sites that contain larvae of mosquitoes known to carry WNV are treated. Larviciding is carried out in the city of Brampton, the city of Mississauga, and the town of Caledon.
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