Dengue Prevention And Control
Some 50 100 million new infections are estimated to occur annually in more than 100 endemic countries with a documented further spread to previously unaffected areas.
Dengue prevention and control. Every year hundreds of thousands of severe cases arise including 20 000 deaths. Objectives 1 to reduce dengue morbidity by atleast 25 by 2022. 264 disability adjusted life years per million population.
Vision a dengue free philippines mission ensure healthy lives and promote well being for all at all ages goal to reduce the burden of dengue disease. Ivm is defined as a. During the past five decades the incidence of dengue has increased 30 fold.
Albopictus mosquito these mosquitoes also spread chikungunya and zika viruses. Mosquito control by either larval control and adult mosquito control. Measures for prevention and control of dengue fever water is must for breeding of mosquitoes.
There are several ways of prevention. Preventing or reducing dengue virus transmission depends entirely in controlling the mosquito vectors or interruption of human vector contact. National dengue prevention and control program.
Dengue dengue virus dengue hemorrhagic fever dengue fever flavivirus aedes mosquitoes dhf df dss skip directly to site content skip directly to page options skip directly to a z link centers for disease control and prevention. All four dengue viruses are spread primarily through the bite of an infected aedes species ae. The mosquitoes that spread dengue are found in most tropical and subtropical regions of the world including many parts of the united states.
Who promotes the strategic approach known as integrated vector management ivm to control mosquito vectors including those of dengue. Although there is a commercially available vaccine against dengue prevention is still the most important step to reduce the risk of dengue infection. Dengue fever is a disease that occurs following the bite of an infected mosquito aedes aegypti.
