Abstract
PurposeThis study examines mosquito-borne diseases and health hazard of using mosquito repellents in Bangladesh. This study also targets to explore the use of different mosquito repellents and associated health hazard between slum and residential people.Design/methodology/approachThis study has applied a stratified systematic sampling technique taking 120 adult individuals from residential and slum areas covering users and non-users of mosquito repellents of Khulna city, Bangladesh. A structured questionnaire has been used to collect data from respondents.FindingsEconometric techniques are exercised to examine the occurrence, severity and duration of different respiratory diseases. Results exhibit that poor and less-educated slum people are more prone to face respiratory diseases compared to residential people. The health cost of slum and residential people is estimated US$ 134 and US$ 9, respectively.Practical implicationsRelevant stakeholders under public health programs should spread awareness among people regarding the negative health effect of using mosquito repellent, encourage them to limit the use of harmful repellent and instead use herbal product (neem coil), avoid using repellent in living room rather use outside of room and close window and use proper bed net at night.Originality/valueThis study underpins arranging public health programs and taking averting actions as an impetus to raise consciousness toward the negative health effect of using mosquito repellents.
Highlights
The word mosquito means “biting fly” (Nkya et al, 2013). Norris (2004) states that mosquito is a small flying insect that bites the skin of people and animals and sucks their blood
This study predominantly targets to explore the use of different mosquito repellents and associated health hazard between slum and residential people
Due to wider variation of education and income level, use of mosquito repellents varies according to the demand of brand preference, price level and easy accessibility
Summary
The word mosquito means “biting fly” (Nkya et al, 2013). Norris (2004) states that mosquito is a small flying insect that bites the skin of people and animals and sucks their blood. Mosquitoes transmit several infectious diseases such as malaria, filarial, yellow fever, dengue fever and West Nile virus that can eventually be deadly to humans (Sharma, 2001). In 2016, an estimated 216 million cases of malaria were found worldwide, with an estimated 4,45,000 deaths. Bangladesh, with its high temperature and humidity mainly caused by rapid urbanization and seasonal irregular rain, becomes the most vulnerable to dengue outbreak with acute symptoms of fever, muscle aches, headache and rash. Such outbreak of diseases imposes social and economic burden along with impeding
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