Udupi: World Health Day - Sand art to create mass awareness on Vector-borne Diseases

By Srinath Manipal
Bellevision Media Network

Udupi, 7 Apr 2014: The sand artistes of Manipal Sand Art – Srinath Manipal and Ravi Hirebettu created a sand sculpture on the occasion of World Health Day at Kaup beach, to create general awareness on vector-borne diseases, in association with city-based Radha Medicals, here on Monday April 7. The message ‘mosquito bites health flights’ written near the sculpture.

 

 

 

The theme for World Health Day 2014 is vector-borne diseases – ’small bite, big threat.’

 

Vector-borne illnesses spread by blood-sucking arthropods, such as mosquitoes, sand flies and ticks. These small vectors carry infectious microbes which can be transmitted by a single bite. Some of the more common global vector-borne diseases include malaria, dengue, leishmaniasis, yellow fever and Japanese encephalitis, although there are many more. Vector-borne diseases can be transmitted to animals as well as to people.