A City Mobilizes Against a Stubborn Health Threat: Mosquitoes

Scritto il 13/08/2026
da Apoorva Mandavilli and Alessandro Falco

The city of Belém in northern Brazil was overwhelmed by an outbreak of dengue two years ago. An all-out municipal effort has reduced cases and may offer lessons to American cities.A health worker discarding water from a larvicide dissemination unit in Belém, Brazil, last month.