Vector borne diseases infect more than 1 billion and kill more than one billion people yearly, worldwide. Statistics say that around half of the World’s population is at the risk of contracting vector borne diseases like malaria, dengue, yellow fever, Lyme disease etc. Which are carried by mosquitoes, ticks, houseflies, water snails and other vectors.
This year’s World Health Day is themed with a slogan – “Small Bite, Big Threat” to highlight the threat of vector borne diseases as they are the greatest contributors of human mortality.
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