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The Importance Of Dengue

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Dengue has been the most common disease in human. It is transmitted by 2 species of genus Aedes mosquitoes namely, Aedes aegypti (principal vector) and Aedes albopictus (Department of Health of the Philippines, 2016), which are widely distributed in subtropical and tropical areas of the world. A study from Yboa & Labrague (2013) expressed that out of the 2.5 billion individuals in danger internationally; around 1.8 billion or more than 70 percent of them live in the Asia-Pacific locale. According to Shepherd (2017), there are 2.5-3 billion people live in approximately 112 countries encounter dengue transmission. In addition, the global incidence of dengue has expanded with an estimated 40%-50% of the total populace in 128 countries in danger. …show more content…

Moreover, the 2014 health secretary Enrique T. Ona said that: “We have a program that allows the barangay captain and the health center to be informed whenever a dengue case is recorded in their area. We identify that where the patient lives and where he/she goes to school so that we could give the necessary preventive measures so that dengue will not spread” He also added that the new system of monitoring dengue cases greatly helped in cutting down dengue …show more content…

Learnings should be put into practice and should be shared to one another to stop any threats of dengue infections (Shuaib, Todd, Campbell-Stennett, Ehiri, & Jolly, 2010). Furthermore, an extensive variety of information, skills, and support must be given by the government to expand dengue awareness among inhabitants. In this, the research will prove how people react to the dengue disease with the association of their knowledge, awareness and practices amongst themselves, family and the community. Moreover, this may be a support in raising awareness amongst the people in the

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