Presented by Donna Mitchell: Graduate Student

Walden University: July 31st. 2014

Presented to the general public of the

North Sound District, BVI

CHIKUNGUNYA

Learning objectives

Stakeholders

Definition of chikungunya

Signs and symptoms

What sort of mosquito spread the virus

Learning objectives continues

Where does the mosquito breed

How to control it

Treatment

Safety measures

Stakeholders

Education system

public health professionals, such as nurses and doctors

The media

stakeholders

Vector control personnel

Health department personnel

Government authorities

General public

Stakeholders

PAHO/IEYE news. (2014, July 10). Caribbean nations fighting spread of chikungunya virus: 21 deaths so far . Retrieved August 1, 2014, from www.ieyenews.com

Definition of chikingunya

 IAEA. (2014, June 26). Our work: New approaches for the sterilization of disease carrying mosqitoes. Retrieved August 1, 2014, from www.iaea,org

Symptoms

WHO. (2011). Where do Aedes Agypti mosquito breed. Retrieved July 14, 2014, from FAQ: http://www.health.pudcherry.gov.in/FAQ/chikungunya.htm

What sort of mosquito is it?

WHO. (2011). Where do Aedes Agypti mosquito breed. Retrieved July 14, 2014, from FAQ: http://www.health.pudcherry.gov.in/FAQ/chikungunya.htm 

Where does it breed?

 

WHO. (2011). Where do Aedes Agypti mosquito breed. Retrieved July 14, 2014, from FAQ: http://www.health.pudcherry.gov.in/FAQ/chikungunya.htm 

How to control it?

World Health Organization. (2014, March 23). Fact Sheets. Retrieved July 17, 2014, from WHO/Chikungunya: www.who.int/mediacentre/factsheets/fs327/en/

Treatment of chikungunya

Symptomatic

Anti-pyretic

Analgesics

No vaccine

No anti-viral drug

Safeguard your health

World Health Organization. (2014, March 23). Fact Sheets. Retrieved July 17, 2014, from WHO/Chikungunya: www.who.int/mediacentre/factsheets/fs327/en/

conclusion

U.S Environmental Protection Agency : www.epa.gov

Committee for the National Institute for the Environment: www.cnie.org

End of presentation

Thank you for your attention

References

Centers for Disease Cotrol and Prevention. (2011).

Preparedness and response for chikungunya virus:

Introduction in the Americas.

Guessan, R. N., Ngufor, C., Kudom, A. A., Boko, P., Odjo, A., Malone, D., et al. (2014).

Mosquito net treated with a mixture of chlorfenapyr and alphacyper methrin

control pyrethroid resistant Anopheles gambiae and culex quinquefasciatus mosquitoes in West Africa. Plos One , 9 (2), 126-130.

 

 

References

Nagpal, B. N., Saxena, R., Srivastava, A., Singh, N., Ghosh, S. K., Sharma, S. K., et al. (2012).

Retrospective Study of chikungunya outbreak in urban areas of India. Indian Journal of

Medical Research (IJMR) , 135 (3), 351-358.

WHO. (2011). Where do Aedes Agypti mosquito breed. Retrieved July 14, 2014, from FAQ:

http://www.health.pudcherry.gov.in/FAQ/chikungunya.htm

World Health Organization. (2014, March 23). Fact Sheets. Retrieved July 17, 2014, from WHO/Chikungunya:

www.who.int/mediacentre/factsheets/fs327/en/