While other countries boast cherry blossoms and beach holidays, we get a yearly VIP visit from the Aedes mosquito.
Bangladesh has succeeded in eradicating several diseases in the past. Why not dengue?
Prompt actions needed to prevent future crisis
The situation has further deteriorated in June with the onset of monsoon, which is the breeding season for Aedes mosquitoes.
French-Austrian drugmaker Valneva's vaccine candidate against chikungunya, a mosquito-borne virus that causes occasional outbreaks across the world, showed promising results in a large new trial, a study said on Tuesday.
The spread of dengue across the country requires better public health preparedness
October has become the deadliest month in terms of dengue fatalities. Of the 148 dengue related deaths this year, 86 were recorded in last month alone.
A total of 39 people have died from dengue in the country so far this year.
Two dengue patients died while 51 were admitted to hospitals across the country in 24 hours, till 8am today (July 19, 2022).
Guppy fish can be one of the five most effective forms of dengue control, as these tiny fish can be placed in water vessels in and around homes, where they will eat the larvae of dengue-transmitting mosquitoes.
Upscale neighbourhoods in Banani, Bashundhara, Uttara, Dhanmondi, Mohakhali DOHS, and Mintoo Road are major breeding grounds of dengue and chikungunya spreading Aedes mosquitos, found a survey.
Against a backdrop of the chikungunya outbreak, the health and family welfare ministry in association with the two Dhaka city
Brazil is planning to fight the Zika virus by zapping millions of male mosquitoes with gamma rays to sterilize them and stop the spread of the virus linked to thousands of birth defects.
