SP: Controllership as traps led to increased dengue

The Secretariat of Health recorded 50,800 visits from City Hall agents to traps between January 5, 2023 and June 17, 2024. That is, each equipment was inspected 2.5 times in 18 months, or once to Every seven months, on average.

The controllership says it will carry out a series of actions to verify that “the discrepancy between the deadlines defined by the manufacturer and those actually practiced (average of seven months) may have caused inverse effect, ie, proliferation of mosquitoes rather than suppression” .

Among the actions listed are the on -site inspection, without established dates, to see if there are living larvae or pupa in containers, listening to experts on the subject, clarifying whether the contingent of agents is sufficient, and listening to health professionals.

According to CGM, the possible increase in the mosquito population may have caused more damage than just the dissemination of dengue, including the “higher cost to the public power”, “damage to the productive sector” and, most importantly, “death in the more serious cases “.

“It is undeniable that in the year 2024, with the disseminating traps in full operation, there was an explosion of dengue cases in the municipality of São Paulo,” the document says.

The year 2024 was, by far, the deadliest in cases of dengue in the capital. There were 522 deaths in the period, an increase of more than 5,000% over the previous year – and much higher than everyone else in the historical series, which begins in 2007. Although the 2025 numbers so far are smaller compared to those of Last year, it is expected to be another epidemic year.