But unfortunately, many people are still subjective or lack knowledge and awareness about how to prevent it. This causes the disease to spread rapidly, is on the rise in Ho Chi Minh City and has become serious in many cases.
With dengue fever, going to the hospital for treatment and medication is a thing of the past. So one of the long-term solutions to reduce the risk of dengue fever is to get vaccinated. However, the vaccine is not a complete "shield".
As the World Health Organization (WHO) has stated, the Qdenga vaccine, licensed for circulation in Vietnam by the Ministry of Health, helps increase the effectiveness of dengue fever prevention but does not prevent all cases of the disease, and post-vaccination immunity may decline over time.
Vaccines are only part of a comprehensive strategy to control dengue fever, so the best solution to prevent it is still to control the vector of the disease, the Aedes mosquito.
Aedes mosquitoes - products of larvae - often breed in places with stagnant water such as tanks, old tires, cans, or items that are not cleaned regularly.
Therefore, the key solution is to raise awareness and prevention awareness of the people. By doing so, each family needs to proactively learn about how to destroy mosquito larvae, clean the living environment and equip themselves with personal protection measures such as using mosquito nets or insect repellent in daily life.
If there were no larvae, no mosquitoes to transmit diseases, there would certainly be no dengue fever.
Preventing dengue fever is not the sole responsibility of the health sector or local authorities, but requires the cooperation of each individual. People should not wait for general cleaning campaigns or coercive measures, because individual awareness is the decisive factor.
It is a very alarming fact that many people only care about dengue fever when there are cases in the area. In particular, when a family member shows symptoms of suspected dengue fever, many people self-treat with traditional medicine or “Doctor Google”, instead of taking them to medical facilities for diagnosis and timely and appropriate care and treatment, leading to many serious cases, leading to very unfortunate deaths.
This mentality of "waiting until the last minute" and being subjective about dengue fever not only endangers themselves but also puts the whole community at unnecessary risk!
