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Zika: Then, now and tomorrow
Where do we stand a year after WHO announced Zika as a public health emergency? International expansion continues as surveillance improves. In line with WHO advice, an innovative approach to mosquito control is being implemented in countries, and WHO will provide ongoing guidance for effective interventions and support for families, communities and countries experiencing Zika virus.
Then
They are tiny animals that live near or within human habitats where human contact is high. They lay 100-150 eggs every few days that develop in adults in about a week. They are mosquitoes. Female adult females feed on the blood of humans several times during the day. In the 1960s, thanks to the use of insecticides, Aedes mosquitoes were virtually eliminated from America. Today, more than half the world lives in areas where Aedes the mosquito lives, breeds, reproduces, feeds and infects humans with viruses such as Zika virus, chikungunya, dengue and yellow fever. At the end of 2015, without vaccine or Zika treatment, mosquito control became the only defense when Brazil and other countries noticed an increase in Zika virus infection and neurological complications.
“More than half of the world lives in areas where Aedes mosquitoes live, infecting humans with viruses such as Zika, chikungunya, dengue and yellow fever.”
Dr. Raman Velayudhan, Coordinator, Vector Ecology and Management
Now
I was amazed to see how fast authorities throughout America, but also in Asia, where Zika virus outbreaks occurred in the past, took measures to control the transmission of Zika virus. Sometimes the army was even involved! In Barranquilla, Colombia, Los Caminantes de la Salud – Mountaineers for Health – helped families inspect their yards to remove, clean or turn upside-down unused containers. When filled with rainwater, these are perfect places for mosquitoes to lay their eggs. Miami-Dade County in the United States sprayed insecticides from airplanes to curb the epidemic in a small geographic area. In Tonga, the Ministry of Health and its partners sprayed on and around homes, and distributed mosquito nets to pregnant women. In Singapore, around 130 mosquito breeding habitats have been discovered and destroyed by the National Environmental Protection Agency to end the transmission cycle between mosquitoes and humans.
Tomorrow
Mosquito control can work. However, this must be done in a systematic and comprehensive manner and maintained over time. At the end of 2016, we convened Member States, UN agencies, scientific and research groups and NGOs to develop a long-term strategy for the simultaneous control of many species, including Aedes mosquitoes that transmit disease-causing organisms.
In addition to exploring how to combat growing insecticide resistance and increase existing control techniques, the blueprint for global vector control also includes improving water supply and solid waste management in widespread cities and towns. In addition, several countries have begun piloting new techniques that have been reviewed and recommended by WHO in 2016. Yes. They are small and often a step ahead of humans because they can adapt very well to new living conditions, but history has shown that control is feasible,
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