Newskarnarnataka – Udupi

Udupi: The group of Manipal Sand Heart Srinathmanipal and Ravi Hirebettu made sand sculpture to create awareness in people about vector born diseases with support of Radha medicals, Udupi in Kaup beach on April 7 of World Health Day.

The message ‘Mosquito bites health flights’ was written near the sculpture.

The theme of World Health Day 2014 this year is the vector-borne diseases – ‘small bite, big threat’.

Vector-borne illnesses are 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.