Byron, NSW shapes community behavior toward mosquitoes with Tackling Mosquitoes Together campaign

Byron, NSW Tackling Mosquitoes Together Campaign

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Local residents sign up for free SMS texts that are customized for seasonal weather patterns. Texts connect tide levels, precipitation, and temperature to their impacts on mosquito populations. Recipients also receive videos and fact-or-fiction messages about mosquitoes and disease spread. A dedicated campaign website hosts shareable social media text and guides to backyard maintenance and repellants.

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Tackling Mosquitoes Together

Tackling Mosquitoes Together is a community driven project to reduce the disease risks and nuisance of mosquitoes in our homes and local communities in the Northern Rivers.

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Free SMS program launched to tackle surge in mosquito-borne diseases - Byron Shire Council

Byron Shire Council has joined with Northern Rivers councils and the North Coast Public Health Unit to launch the Tackling Mosquitoes Together campaign and free text message program aimed at reducing the disease risks and nuisance of mosquitoes

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