Amaliah

Community-Based Approach for Dengue Control

Dengue is the most rapidly expanding mosquito-borne viral disease affecting humans worldwide. Dengue is caused by a virus transmitted principally by the Aedes aegypti mosquito. With the number of cases of dengue fever and severe dengue (formerly known as dengue hemorrhagic fever) continuing to increase worldwide, dengue is a major threat to public health. Approximately 2.5 billion people are at risk of contracting dengue in the more than 100 tropical and subtropical countries where the Aedes aegypti mosquito is found. More than 70% of this population, or 1.8 billion people, live in countries in Asia and the Pacific. Most of these countries have developing or relatively weak economies, and may lack the resources required for addressing the continued emergence of dengue epidemics. Globally, 50 million-100 million cases of dengue fever occur annually. This includes more than 500,000 cases of severe dengue (previously known as dengue hemorrhagic fever), hundreds of thousands of hospitalizations, and more than 20,000 deaths, mainly among children and young adults. Dengue fever and severe dengue place significant burdens on families, communities, health systems, and economic growth. These burdens are especially acute during epidemics which result in illness and death, loss of productivity, strains on health-care services, and unplanned government expenditures for implementing large-scale emergency control actions. (WHO) Unfortunately, dengue prevention and control efforts are proving less than successful in reducing the global spread and negative impacts of the disease. Community participation is vital to prevent and control the spread of dengue. Initiatives such as the integrated management strategy for dengue prevention and control (IMS-Dengue) and integrated vector management (IVM) incorporate social mobilisation and behavioural change at the community level as part of a wider strategy to control dengue. These strategies aim to improve the efficacy, cost-effectiveness, environmental impact and sustainability of vector control strategies. Community empowerment is a key aspect of the strategy as it allows the local population to drive eradication of the disease in their environment
Reference : http://www.adb.org/sites/default/files/publication/30167/community-based-dengue-vector-control.pdf http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3381439/pdf/pch-32-s1-010.pdf
Journals that I reviewed are:

1. Community-based approach for prevention and control of dengue hemorrhagic fever in Kanchanaburi Province, Thailand
2. Building and analyzing an innovative community-centered dengue-ecosystem management intervention in Yogyakarta, Indonesia
3. Community participation in the prevention and control of dengue: the patio limpio strategy in Mexico
4. Practices of Dengue Fever Prevention and the Associated Factors among the Orang Asli in Peninsular Malaysia
5. Community-centred eco-bio-social approach to control dengue vectors: an intervention study from Myanmar