Short Bites Monthly 

Your digest for September 2022.

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Short Bites Monthly ensures that our data as a public health agency remains transparent to the public and to people who are interested in our mission.

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  • Enhanced Neighborhood Support (ENS) has been conducted in several neighborhoods that includes door-to-door property inspections and delivery of educational material.
In September 2022, outreach efforts included 1,907 event attendees, 1,937 site visits, 144 support hours, 32 students, and 241 communication hours.
  • ENS effort is to identify and eliminate residential sources of mosquito habitat. Our staff alerts residents to disease threats and teach them how to protect themselves.
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A special thank you to the cities that invited us to their summer events 
  • Duarte's Summer Concerts in the Park
  • La Puente's Sunshine Park Community Informational Meeting 
  • Pomona's 2nd Saturday Art Walk
  • San Dimas' Bonelli Park: Overnight Family Camping & Fishing event
  • Irwindale's Santa Fe Dam: Overnight Family Camping & Fishing event
  • Alhambra's Neighborhood Watch Meeting
  • El Monte-Rosemead's Adult School Resource Fair

Season 2 of the Bite Back Tour is finished!

We want to thank our partners who contributed to our themed episodes this season. We couldn't have done it without you!

Watch Season 2 Now!

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A special thank you to the schools who are participating in our programs this Fall 

Vector Inspector Program

  • Rio Hondo Elementary
  • Cherrylee Elementary 
  • Wright Elementary School
  • Grace Miller Elementary School 

Operation Mosquito G.R.I.D.

  • Lone Hill Middle School 
  • Clifton Middle School 
  • Sierra Madre Middle School 
  • CIS Academy 
  • San Jose Charter Academy 
  • St. John the Baptist School 
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  • The Surveillance Department continues to focus on maintaining essential vector surveillance including mosquito trap routes, arbovirus testing, providing weekly surveillance data to the district, and maintaining the mosquito fish and mosquito colonies. 
  • This month, arbovirus testing of mosquito pools and dead bird samples continued.
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  • The surveillance Department has detected West Nile virus (WNV) activity in mosquitoes. The Operations and Communications departments have responded to the areas with WNV positives with enhanced investigation and control measures.
  • Residents can stay updated with WNV activity in the San Gabriel Valley through our District's press releases. 
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Communications Department Mission Statement:

Increase transparency and credibility through multi-media dialogue in order to engage and motivate internal, local, regional, statewide, and nationwide stakeholders to take action and become public health agents of change in their communities.

 

🖋 Written by Ally Gaspar, Outreach Assistant