Chikungunya prevention relies on eliminating stagnant water and covering containers to stop Aedes mosquito breeding. Combining mosquito nets, repellents, protective clothing, and community clean-ups creates an effective defence against the disease’s spread in Bangladesh.
Chikungunya is caused by a virus that can be passed to humans by infected mosquitoes
French-Austrian drugmaker Valneva's vaccine candidate against chikungunya, a mosquito-borne virus that causes occasional outbreaks across the world, showed promising results in a large new trial, a study said on Tuesday.
Chikun-gunya in Dhaka and measles in Sitakunda, Chittagong have combined to highlight public health mismanagement at its height.
Apologising for his yesterday’s comment on chikungunya, Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) Mayor Annisul Huq says he could not express himself properly.
