Promoting health education and public awareness about dengue and its mosquito vector in Saudi Arabia.
Currently, dengue fever is considered as the main health problem in several parts (Mekkah, Jeddah, Jazan and Najran) of Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) with dramatically increase in the number of cases reported every year. This is associated with obvious ineffectiveness in the recent control and management programs for the mosquito vector (Aedes aegypti). Here, we suggested promoting the health education and public awareness among Saudi people to improve the control of dengue mosquito vector. Several suggestions and recommendations were highlighted here to ensure effectiveness in the future control and management programs of dengue mosquito vector in KSA.
Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, University of Tabuk, Tabuk, 71491, Saudi Arabia. aalthbyani@ut.edu.sa.
Al Thabiani
AT
Aziz
Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, University of Tabuk, Tabuk, 71491, Saudi Arabia. alshami200@gmail.com.
Salman A
SA
Al-Shami
Department of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Science, King Abdulaziz University, P. O. Box, 80203, Jeddah, 21589, Saudi Arabia. jazem2009@gmail.com.
Jazem A
JA
Mahyoub
Ministry of Health, Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. abuabrar1412@hotmail.com.
Mesed
M
Hatabbi
School of Biological Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Penang, 11800, Malaysia. aahassan@usm.my.
Abu Hassan
AH
Ahmad
School of Biological Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Penang, 11800, Malaysia. csalmah@usm.my.
Che Salmah
CS
Md Rawi
D000818:Animals; D003715:Dengue / Q000453:epidemiology*; D006801:Humans; D009032:Mosquito Control / Q000379:methods*