Dengue if you didn't know is a disease brought by the common mosquito. To read more in depth about dengue, hop onto this link

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dengue_fever

Due to the highly epidemic behavior of dengue and because of the climatological changes the Health Department of the Dominican Republic are asking for an extra RD$50 million more this year to monitor it.

Already 3 deaths and more than 1,000 cases have been officially registered so far this year, and people are beginning to doubt the Health Ministers prevention plan against the disease.

However the Vice Minister for the Health Department has fired back and said that measures have been in place since January 2007 and Nelson Rodriguez defended their work.

The next mission on their plan is to eliminate water deposits where the mosquito will transmit dengue which will eventually reduce the disease's mortality, water elimination will commence on the 17th of April 2007. This of course is hoping that there will be no more torrential rain as seen over the last month in the northern areas of the Dominican Republic.

As part of the Health Ministers plan, public awareness needs to be highlighted, along with public and private health personel training and the formation of the Dengue Handling Committee which will consist of grouping dengue patients in the one same area of clinics and hospitals.