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Home / Diseases & Conditions / World Health Day 2014: Quiz – how much do you know about vector-borne diseases?

World Health Day 2014: Quiz – how much do you know about vector-borne diseases?

How much do you know about vector-borne diseases? Take part in this quiz and find out.

By: Shraddha Rupavate   | | Updated: April 3, 2015 4:36 pm
Tags: Quiz  Vector borne diseases  World Health Day Quiz  

World Health Day QuizApril 7 is World Health Day and the theme this year is ‘Vector-borne disease – small bite, big threat’.  Also Read - Beware: Mosquito-borne diseases like Zika, Chikungunya may trigger stroke and more

More than half the world’s population is at risk from diseases such as malaria, dengue, leishmaniasis, Lyme disease, schistosomiasis, and yellow fever, carried by mosquitoes, flies, ticks, water snails and other vectors. Every year, more than one billion people are infected and more than one million die from vector-borne diseases. This World Health Day – 7 April – WHO is highlighting the serious and increasing threat of vector-borne diseases, with the slogan ‘Small bite, big threat’. Take part in our quiz to see how much you know about vector-borne diseases.  Also Read - Dengue cases rise in Delhi: Home remedies to deal with this disease



Read more about causes, symptoms, diagnosis and treatment of chikunguniya. Also Read - National Dengue Day: Know how to deal with this vector borne disease amidst the COVID-19 crisis

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Also read more articles about the common vector-borne diseases in India: 

Dengue

  • ‘Dengue fever symptoms include high-grade fever, severe headache and pain behind the eyes’
  • Can papaya leaves help cure dengue?
  • Prevent dengue with these 10 practical tips
  • Dengue fever: Symptoms, medication and prevention
  • Dengue fever – do not give Aspirin or Ibuprofen to the patient

 Chikunguniya

  • Have severe joint pain and fever? Could be chikungunya!
  • Eat sweets to cure chikungunya!
  • Affordable diagnostic kits for dengue and chikungunya to be launched by HLL
  • Chikungunya affects a 1000 people in West Bengal’s Jalpaiguri district
  • Now a faster and more accurate way to detect chikungunya

 Malaria

  • Neem and tulsi, effective remedies to keep malaria out of your home
  • Top 10 facts you should know about malaria
  • Now a new method to help treat malaria
  • Are you at risk of suffering from malaria?
  • Cipla’s new malaria drug Mefliam Plus receives WHO approval

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Published : April 3, 2014 6:51 pm | Updated:April 3, 2015 4:36 pm
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