ISSN: 2642-6250
Authors: Ulysséa Leal D*
In 2024, Brazil recorded more than a thousand deaths from dengue in the first thirteen weeks of the year, the third highest number since the beginning of the historical series in 2000. On the same date, eleven Brazilian states declared an emergency because of dengue fever [1]. Brazil’s socio-environmental conditions are highly favourable to the expansion of the Aedes aegypti mosquito, making it possible for the vector to spread since its reintroduction into the country in 1976, and since then, the mosquito has shown a high capacity to adapt to the environment created by accelerated urbanization and the new habits of the population. Dengue is vector-borne, i.e. transmitted by mosquitoes, which is why it has been perceived as a socio-environmental disease, since the high concentration of garbage in areas of urban expansion and the climatic conditions in Brazil have favored the development of the mosquito. The Aedes aegypti mosquito, which transmits the dengue virus, lays its eggs in standing water, whether it is clean or not. When the temperature is high, the eggs hatch, and in this water, the larvae develop into mosquitoes [2].
Keywords: Dengue; Quality of Life; Health; Health Promotion
