- by Laura Villadiego
Dengue prevention update from the AIDF Asia Summit in Bangkok A new vaccine against dengue was licensed for the first time in December of last year and is now in the market in five countries in the world, namely Mexico, Brazil, El Salvador, Costa Rica and…
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- by Gary Finnegan
Mosquito bites can be deadly, but new clothing and wristbands impregnated with repellents and insecticides could help keep mosquitoes at bay. These new ‘wearables’ may do more than simply offer protection against mosquito bites; they could also reduce mosquito numbers near to their wearers. Aedes…
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- by Alison
Insecticide resistance has reached a tipping point. “Mosquitoes have developed resistance to all the major classes of insecticides,” says Dr. Sarah Rees, Portfolio Manager at the Innovation Vector Control Consortium (IVCC). “This makes the development of new insecticides for vector control increasingly urgent.” But getting…
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- by Laura Villadiego
After decades of research, the World Health Organization endorsed earlier this year the first vaccine against dengue, a virus that infects about 390 million people in the world every year and has no known treatment. Now the vaccine faces its next challenge: adoption. In the…
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- by Gary Finnegan
Behavior change communication (BCC) can help to mobilize individuals, families, and communities to reduce the risk of mosquito bites and embrace the dengue vaccine The anti-dengue arsenal is growing. New insecticides and diagnostics, GM mosquitoes, better surveillance systems and the first dengue vaccine, along with…
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- by Gary Finnegan
The boom in low-cost airlines in the ASEAN region is helping people and mosquitoes spread dengue virus Cheap flights have become the norm between the 10 members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) thanks to the arrival of low-cost carriers. The introduction of…
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- by Danielle Barron
Scientists hope new dengue warning system and big data can control outbreaks Dengue fever outbreaks are increasing in both frequency and magnitude. Not only that, the number of countries that could potentially be affected by the disease is growing all the time. This growth has…
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- by Gary Finnegan
Experts are calling for a broader view of how to measure the value of vaccination to public health. Contrary to popular belief, vaccines do not need to be 100% effective to significantly reduce the public health burden of major diseases. In the 20th century, vaccines…
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- by Gary Finnegan
Q&A with the documentary filmmaker targeting dengue Programmed to Kill: Dengue, the new documentary from Malaysian filmmaker Gerard Benedict is set to air on the History Channel across Asia this week. The film takes an in-depth look at dengue fever, a disease unknown to many,…
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- by Danielle Barron
Zika is the topical tropical disease on everyone’s lips due to the devastating consequences of the latest outbreak; namely, the microcephaly suffered by offspring of women who have become infected during pregnancy. Zika virus is a flavivirus that is primarily transmitted by infected Aedes mosquitoes.…
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