What is mosquito control?
Mosquito control manages the population of mosquitoes to reduce their damage to human health, economies, and enjoyment. Mosquito control is a vital public-health practice throughout the world and especially in the tropics because mosquitoes spread many diseases, such as malaria and the Zika virus.
Mosquito-control operations are targeted against three different problems:
- Mosquitoes bother people around homes or in parks and recreational areas
- Economically important mosquitoes reduce real estate values, adversely affect tourism and related business interests, or negatively impact livestock or poultry production
- Public health is the focus when mosquitoes are vectors, or transmitters, of infectious disease.
Many of mosquito diseases are preventable by means of some protective measures and community mobilization.
On World Mosquito Day, 'Malaria No More India' launches a campaign called India Against Mosquitoes. To create awareness among the people to take collective initiative and promote innovative solutions for controlling the mosquito (Malaria No More India is a non-profit organization working to support India’s 2030 malaria elimination goal. Malaria is the leading concern for India, which has the fourth-largest load of malaria in the world.
