Public Health Unpacked

Author: Emmanuel Joseph Fong (MD, MPH, DrPH)

Unpacking Public Health and Community Medicine topics into digestible chunks. Questions, comments, suggestions welcomed at https://www.facebook.com/PublicHealthUnpacked Thank you. Background music credits to Tim Moor from Pixabay.
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PHU 010: Dengue Fever - NO Aedes NO Dengue
Episode 10
Tuesday, 15 March, 2022

Send a textDENGUE fever - "No Aedes, No Dengue"Today we'll unpack a totally preventable, vector-borne disease --> Dengue Fever.However, as one of the NTDs, Dengue disproportionately affects those who are marginalized, have poor socio-economic status, and less favorable social determinants of health.Along with current climate crisis, this vector-borne disease will see expansion into previously naïve community and geographic location --> causing outbreaks, morbidity and mortality.BONUS - 15th JUNE is ASEAN Dengue DayLink to episode on Social Determinants of Health (SDH)https://www.buzzsprout.com/1729639/episodes/8512323Link to episode on Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTD)https://www.buzzsprout.com/1729639/episodes/9976683Background music:TimMoor from PixabaySupport the show