Proposal Title
Empirical Study To Explore How Urban Inequality Contributes To Disease Outbreak
Abstract
This research identifies the underlying environmental and socio-economic risk factors behind the sudden outbreak of Chikungunya in Dhaka – the capital city of Bangladesh. Chikungunya is a vector-borne disease transmitted to human beings by Aedes Aegypti and Aedes Albopictus mosquitoes in the tropical and subtropical areas in the world, for example, Africa, Southeast Asia and India. In 2017, there was a sudden and massive outbreak of Chikungunya in Dhaka City. The Bangladesh Ministry of Health reported that 984 cases of Chikungunya were confirmed by PCR assay, a pathological test, and over 13, 176 cases were confirmed clinically all over in Bangladesh, especially in Dhaka city. The objective of this research is to identify the environmental risk factors that are responsible for the sudden Chikungunya outbreak in Dhaka City in 2017. The second objective of this research is to explore whether socio-economic condition influences people’s vulnerability to the environmental risk factors of Chikungunya, or not. The research is divided into two sections – risk assessment and risk management. In the risk assessment section, different environmental factors have been identified, for example rainfall and temperature, which provided a suitable condition for mosquito breeding in Dhaka in 2017. Besides, data has been collected from fifteen representatives, in total thirty representatives, from each group living in the urban residential and slum area in Dhaka City to explore how socio-economic factors may increase or decrease people’s vulnerability to environmental risks, and to gather public opinion on Government’s inefficiency to prevent mosquito born disease in 2017. The risk management section of this research explores the potentiality and inadequacy of the measures that individuals, community organizations, non-government organizations, and government took to reduce the risk of Chikungunya.
Start Date
27-3-2019 2:00 PM
End Date
27-3-2019 2:50 PM
Room Number
U-Hall 3-092
Presentation Type
Paper
Disciplines
Environmental Health and Protection | Environmental Indicators and Impact Assessment | Environmental Monitoring | Environmental Studies | Urban Studies and Planning
Empirical Study To Explore How Urban Inequality Contributes To Disease Outbreak
This research identifies the underlying environmental and socio-economic risk factors behind the sudden outbreak of Chikungunya in Dhaka – the capital city of Bangladesh. Chikungunya is a vector-borne disease transmitted to human beings by Aedes Aegypti and Aedes Albopictus mosquitoes in the tropical and subtropical areas in the world, for example, Africa, Southeast Asia and India. In 2017, there was a sudden and massive outbreak of Chikungunya in Dhaka City. The Bangladesh Ministry of Health reported that 984 cases of Chikungunya were confirmed by PCR assay, a pathological test, and over 13, 176 cases were confirmed clinically all over in Bangladesh, especially in Dhaka city. The objective of this research is to identify the environmental risk factors that are responsible for the sudden Chikungunya outbreak in Dhaka City in 2017. The second objective of this research is to explore whether socio-economic condition influences people’s vulnerability to the environmental risk factors of Chikungunya, or not. The research is divided into two sections – risk assessment and risk management. In the risk assessment section, different environmental factors have been identified, for example rainfall and temperature, which provided a suitable condition for mosquito breeding in Dhaka in 2017. Besides, data has been collected from fifteen representatives, in total thirty representatives, from each group living in the urban residential and slum area in Dhaka City to explore how socio-economic factors may increase or decrease people’s vulnerability to environmental risks, and to gather public opinion on Government’s inefficiency to prevent mosquito born disease in 2017. The risk management section of this research explores the potentiality and inadequacy of the measures that individuals, community organizations, non-government organizations, and government took to reduce the risk of Chikungunya.
