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Passaic County health and human services report 2024 mosquito surveillance, communicable-disease response and launch of emergency food strategy
Summary
Passaic County Health Officer Araceli Pintell and Human Services Director Arti Kakar reported 2024 public-health activity: 51 West Nile–positive mosquito pools, one human West Nile case, 12 travel-related dengue cases; environmental, communicable disease, and weights and measures inspections; plus an update on the county's Emergency Food Provider
Passaic County health and human-services officials on a commissioners’ agenda item reviewed 2024 public-health activity and progress on a countywide plan to expand emergency food access.
Health Officer Araceli Pintell summarized the Department of Health Services’ 2024 highlights, noting mosquito surveillance and communicable-disease work. “For 2024, 51 West Nile virus mosquito pools were detected in Passaic County,” she said, and the department recorded “1 human case of West Nile virus” that was identified through a blood donation. Pintell added the county logged 12 human cases of dengue that were travel related.
Pintell reported operational outputs from the county’s divisions: mosquito-control units responded to 213 public calls, conducted treatments at…
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