Dengue Kills Brawijaya University, Malang
Background:
The World Health Organization rates dengue as the most dominant mosquito-borne viral disease in the world as its incident rates have increased 30-fold in the past 50 years.
And new research shows how climate change, bringing hotter and wetter weather, is creating a more ideal home for these disease-spreading pests. Beside, it’ s known that climate change has contributed to the increasing number of natural disasters such as flood. Flood can lead to many potential breeding places for Aedes aegypti.
Apart from climate factors other important issues that potentially contribute to global changes in dengue incidence and distribution include population growth, urbanisation, lack of sanitation, increased human travel, ineffective mosquito control, and increased reporting capacity. Everyone is vurnerable to dengue fever. However, there are no vaccines for it and the best preventative measures appear to be avoiding being bit by an infected mosquito.
Goals:
Our goal is that people can be aware of the danger of dengue outbreak. By raising awareness, people can avoid getting bitten by the vector( Aedes aegypti) and eventually we can reduce the incidence of dengue fever.
Regional chairperson: Ananta Siddhi Prawara anantasiddhi @ gmail. com 081290187030