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Drone Warfare against Mosquitoes
Group: Nauman Afridi, Michael Benison, and Jenai Booker
12/13/2013
Source: www.xheli.com
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Uses and Benefits of Drones
❏Remote Controlled Drones ❏Cheaper to build and operate ❏Controlled completely by humans
❏Smart Drones ❏Only a few humans are necessary to operate it ❏Could be more effective in locating breeding grounds
❏Pre-programmed ❏Easy to operate ❏Stable, routine action
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Dengue Virus
❏ Dengue hemorrhagic fever is caused by the bite of striped Aedes aegypti mosquitoe
❏ Causes Severe Flu like illness with Headache, fever ,joint pain and if untreated causes death.
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Dengue Outbreak in Punjab Province Pakistan
❏ First case was detected in 1994❏ Severe dengue epidemic in 2011 in the
Punjab Province❏ Since then 300 people killed, 16000
infected❏ Cost of Treatment is US $1000 ❏ Cities of Lahore and Rawalpindi were
the most affected
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Preventive Actions by the Government
Spraying of insecticides by hand held and vehicle mounted spraying machines
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Dengue Spraying Machines
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Preventive Measures ( Contd…)
Killing mosquito larvae in open waters:
❏ introducing fish❏ using chemicals
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Costs To the Government in the city of Rawalpindi
Activity Cost US $
Insecticides 20,000
Equipment etc 20,000
Patient Treatment Cost (Approx 300 patients in 2013) 300,000
Staff training 5,000
Awareness Campaign 5,000
Misc 10,000
Total 360,000
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Proposal
❏ Introduce a drone pilot project in the city of Rawalpindi.
❏ Cost of drones varies from US $20,000 to US $ 80,000
❏ Florida Keys Mosquito Control district is testing drones to detect mosquito larvae sites and kill them.
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Advantages❏ Reduced cost due to:
❏ Effective control of breeding sites
❏ No training of ground staff
❏ Lesser awareness campaigns
❏ Lesser burden on government officials
❏ Live monitoring by health officials
❏ Easy maneuverability and reaching inaccessible areas.