Nuisance-biting and mosquito-borne disease are ongoing concerns for health authorities. But an effective citizen science program is now showing how all of us can help beat the bite of mozzies.
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Kenya must establish policies to tackle dengue fever and chikungunya, like it did for malaria.
In the future, traps for mosquito that spread the dengue and chikungunya virus could be made from the carbon dioxide in human breathe as well as body odour.
The World Health Organisation has pledged a long-term response to controlling the Zika virus because the threat is far from over
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Medical Entomologist at the School of Biological Sciences, University of Nairobi
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Cameron Webb is a Friend of The Conversation.
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