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When Worlds Collide #104: Dengue Control sans Chemicals?
Text of my ‘When Worlds Collide’ column published in Ceylon Today broadsheet newspaper on 25 April 2014 Last week, discussing dengue fever as a silent disaster, I wrote: “For now, there is no specific antiviral drug or effective vaccine against dengue. … Continue reading
Posted in Communicating Development, Disaster, Disaster Communication, Education, Environment, Environmental management, Public health, Public policy, Sri Lanka, Urban issues, Waste, Waste Management, Water
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