Title:
Why is Dengue Fever still a public health issue in Saudi Arabia? : Addressing prevention and control in the context of Health Promotion
Authors:
Alsharef, Zainab
Place:
Amsterdam, the Netherlands
Publisher:
KIT - Royal Tropical Institute [etc.]
Year:
2019
PAGE:
49
Language:
En
Subject:
Health and Nutrition
Keywords:
Dengue fever, Health promotion, Saudi Arabia, Prevention, Control
Abstract:
Dengue fever (DF) is one of the most common mosquito-borne infections (MBIs), it’s one of the haemorrhagic fevers DF. As mentioned by WHO, DF cases number is increasing globally and it affects around 50-100 million per year and 128 countries facing endemics of DF. DF is still a public health problem (HP) in Saudi Arabia (SA). For that, the aim of this review is to analyse the role of Health promotion in influencing the occurrence of DF in SA to provide valid recommendations.
Organization:
KIT - Royal Tropical Institute , VU - Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Institute:
KIT (Royal Tropical Institute)
Country:
Saudi Arabia
Region:
Western Asia, the Arabian Peninsula
Training:
Master in International Health (MIH)
Category:
Research
Right:
© 2019 Alsharef
Document type:
Thesis/dissertation
File:
vUm0AtMjpw_2020092714531611.pdf