Malaria, a mosquito-borne infectious disease, continues to be a major public health concern, particularly in tropical and subtropical regions but while significant strides have been made in recent decades to control and eliminate malaria, a new threat is emerging – climate change. The World Health Organization has identified climate change as a growing threat to malaria control efforts, with changes …
Dengue is one of the viral infections caused by the bite of the female mosquito and the irregular rainfall and increase in humidity during monsoon lead to a spike in cases of dengue. Effective health tips to avoid dengue during monsoon When the mosquito infects a person, the virus circulates in the blood for 2-7 days which is the amount …
A recent study by WHO have shown that 17 per cent of global estimated communicable diseases are transmitted by vectors and almost 12 major vector-borne diseases across the globe like chikungunya fever, Zika virus fever, yellow fever, West Nile fever, Japanese encephalitis, dengue, malaria is the leading cause of more than 7,00,000 deaths annually. The Integrated vector management approach to …
