PHU 010: Dengue Fever - NO Aedes NO Dengue

DENGUE fever  - "No Aedes, No Dengue"

Today we'll unpack a totally preventable, vector-borne disease --> Dengue Fever.

However, as one of the NTDs, Dengue disproportionately affects those who are marginalized, have poor socio-economic status, and less favorable social determinants of health.

Along with current climate crisis, this vector-borne disease will see expansion into previously naïve community and geographic location --> causing outbreaks, morbidity and mortality.

BONUS - 15th JUNE is ASEAN Dengue Day

Link to episode on Social Determinants of Health (SDH)
https://www.buzzsprout.com/1729639/episodes/8512323

Link to episode on Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTD)
https://www.buzzsprout.com/1729639/episodes/9976683


Background music:
TimMoor from Pixabay

Chapters

• 0:20 Introduction
• 0:26 Dengue fever
• 0:42 the VECTOR - Aedes mosquitoes
• 2:00 Dengue virus
• 2:54 Clinical characteristics
• 4:59 Global disease burden
• 6:13 Dengue prevention and control
• 11:47 Dengue control misconception - fogging
• 13:14 Dengue fever - a neglected tropical disease (NTD)
• 14:19 Summary