Pyongyang, October 26 (KCNA) -- Myanmar has launched anti-dengue high fever campaign in seven townships in Yangon simultaneously as a prevention measure against the disease, according to the Health Department Sunday.

The campaign was carried out in the weekend in collaboration with health department staff and members of social organizations.

Dengue preventive and control measures were occasionally launched in schools and wards in Myanmar.

According to statistics, a total of 181 people died of dengue fever in Myanmar's Yangon region in the past five years alone.