Virus Zika adalah salah satu penyakit yang ditularkan oleh nyamuk Aedes aegypti dan Aedes albopictus, yang juga bertanggung jawab atas penyebaran demam berdarah dan chikungunya. Virus ini pertama kali ditemukan…
Disease vector control adalah upaya untuk mencegah atau mengurangi penularan penyakit yang disebabkan oleh vektor, yaitu organisme yang dapat membawa dan menularkan patogen dari satu inang ke inang lain. Contoh…
Pasca gempa, pada Agustus 2018 telah ditemukan kasus malaria pada dua orang warga Dusun Batu Kemaliq, Desa Bukit Tinggi, Kecamatan Gunung Sari, Lombok Barat, dan saat ini pasien sudah sembuh.…
The IR Mapper online mapping platform has been expanded to include mapping of insecticide resistance in Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus mosquitoes. These mosquitoes transmit Zika, Dengue and Chikungunya among…
An important new project to eliminate sleeping sickness has been launched by the newly formed Trypa-No! Partnership. The project aims to eliminate human African trypanosomiasis (HAT), also known as sleeping…
LifeStraw®, a global leader in developing innovative filtration and purification products for safe drinking water, is introducing a new LifeStraw Go water bottle on June 1. It utilizes a two-stage…
LifeStraw has launched the LifeStraw Safe Water Fund to provide socially-minded individuals and organizations with a means to contribute to high-impact programs that provide access to safe water for developing…
The World Health Organization’s (WHO’s) Vector Control Advisory Group (VCAG) published its second annual VCAG report today which includes evaluation of the supporting evidence for Vestergaard’s product claim for PermaNet®…