[DE] Reader information concerning a new home page on Dengue

[knudsena at who.ch]

               For the general information of your list readership. We
          have included a 15 page color brochure entitled, "Preventing
          dengue and dengue haemorrhagic fever - a fact sheet for
          municipal and community leaders" in the Dengue Web pages.
          The brochure can be read through Acrobat Reader Software,
          available throught the WWW and can be accessed through the
          World Health Organization (WHO) home page, then by accessing
          the Control of Tropical Diseases (CTD) home page under
          diseases / dengue.

               The direct URL address is:

          http://www.WHO.CH/programmes/ctd/act/dengprev.htm

               This brochure has a target audience of lay individuals
          who would like an understanding of dengue and DHF, its
          distribution, mode of transmission, signs and symptoms and
          means of control, etc.

               Thank you for your support and warmest regards,


          A. Bruce Knudsen
          WHO/CTD/FIL (DEN), Geneva, Switzerland