7 APRIL 2014
Meteo France in French Polynesia helps the fight against vector born diseases
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- Published on 05 April 2014
Meteorological term defined: A synoptic weather station with altitude observations - these are stations that collect weather information regularly and report information regularly to the main office, from there it is then transmitted worldwide through a special network. Different weather stations can collect different types of data for example some may collect rainfall, others wind speed, temperatures and so on. For those that collect altitude observations they are collecting data at different levels in the atmosphere going upwards up to the sky, these observations can be collected through weather balloons or sound waves through a wind profiler.
5 April 2014, Rarotonga, Cook Islands - The fight against vector borne diseases in French Polynesia has acquired the support of Meteo France. Since 2010, the Met organisation has worked with the health service to help the island prepare for possible outbreaks of dengue and filiarisis. Last year this expanded to include zika, another mosquito spread virus in French Polynesia.
Aedes aegypti (pictured left) and Aedes polynesiensis, the two types of mosquitoes that carry these viruses, are influenced by environmental and climatic factors. Having a forecast of climatic factors can help manage the mosquitoes and thus prevent outbreaks of the diseases.
Aedes aegypti (pictured left) and Aedes polynesiensis, the two types of mosquitoes that carry these viruses, are influenced by environmental and climatic factors. Having a forecast of climatic factors can help manage the mosquitoes and thus prevent outbreaks of the diseases.
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Source: SPREP website