“Eradicating mosquitoes is a means to an end. An uninfected mosquito is harmless to humans - just a nuisance. An infected mosquito is a danger.” DangerHealthEpidemicsPublic HealthMosquitoesMalariaMeans To An EndDisease ControlYellow FeverMalaria EradicationEradicationYellow Fever EradicationAedes AegyptiAnopheles GambiaeMosquito Borne Diseases Author:T.K. Naliaka
“How to spell Aedes aegypti,the world's one-stop, viral-disease-transmitting mosquito: T-R-O-U-B-L-E.” HealthVirusesEpidemicsPublic HealthMosquitoesDisease ControlYellow FeverVectorsEradicationAedes AegyptiChikungunyaDengueZikaEndemics Author:T.K. Naliaka
“Will 2015 ever be noted as the year Ebola was decisively downgraded from a lurid horror meme to just one of many commonly treatable diseases?” SuccessIronyAfricaEpidemicsPublic HealthEbolaMedical TreatmentLessons LearnedMedical ResearchDisease Control2015 Author:T.K. Naliaka
“Incredibly, just one mosquito species, Aedes aegypti is responsible for the spread of four known different deadly viral diseases to human beings, yet this mosquito has been allowed to infest densely-populated urban centers.” FollyNeglectFoolishnessEpidemicsPublic HealthFailuresMosquitoesDisease ControlYellow FeverFolly QuotesAedes AegyptiVector ControlEndemicChikungunyaDengueZika Author:T.K. Naliaka
“Transparency is critical in public health and epidemics; laypeople become either effective force-multipliers or stubborn walls.” SuccessCommunicationCooperationEffectivenessTransparencyEpidemicsSuccess StrategiesPublic HealthStubbornnessDisease ControlMalaria EradicationCooperation And AttitudeMosquito Borne Diseases Author:T.K. Naliaka
“Raising awareness versus raising alarm; the public can't be better informed if the information isn't better.” EducationResponsibilityKnowledgeAwarenessInformationCommunicationCooperationDiligenceEpidemicsPublic HealthReliabilityMalariaDisease ControlYellow FeverInformed CitizenCommunity RelationsInformed Debate Author:T.K. Naliaka