I'm wondering if the common understanding of health project managers about the vector borne diseases is global issue why they deal with it locally, although that will not fix it at all, because even if we thought it disappear it's going to re emerge soon.
Vector-borne diseases are global issue as well as local. When it comes to action, we need to explore local conditions that lead to the problem and when we come to "elimination" the weight of local issues even increased. However, vectors can cross borders without permission and so regional and as well global efforts are needed.
Currently, on the ground, there are so many examples of collaboration between countries eg Egypt-Sudan to control Anopheles mosquitoes/ Mekong region experience/ Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and Yemen
Elfatih M Malik
Some time the causes are not local such as Global warming or so, and event for the control from my humble experience with SIT if you act locally you will fail, and also my recent experience with Onchocerciasis control,we went to Addis Ababa as mission with APOC-WHO and we got comprehensive training on the Cytotaxonomy of the Black Fly, so they can take decision about continuing treatment with Ivermectin or not on one side of the Ethiopia-Sudan borders if there is active transmission on the other side.
So I believe that we have to think & plan internationally and act locally with high coordination with all around so we can get real results, or we will just keep the circle of resource consuming closed without true Impacts.
1. Vector Borne diseases are challenging big problem of global issue , and it needs multi - country study, and also it needs multidiscipline and multisectoral approach towards the vector control and management.
2.Prevention and control aspects, intervention measures, surveillance are to be conducted at the local and grass root level.
The vector borne diseases are no more a local issue. With people and cargo moving globally at a great pace the possibility of vectors moving to other unknown areas are incresing manifold. This requires an international monitoring.
The global warming and climate change also have an impact on the spread of vectors to new areas and needs to be looked into globally as well as locally.
I am pleased to invite a need based research questions and I appreciate. Vector Borne Disease Control and Management is a Global Issue, however, it is challenging problem of local public health issue, and hence, the local authority (Government) having keen interest on control the situation.
Vector-borne diseases are global issue but we need to intervene according to local context or regional context at least.
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