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In India, vector-borne diseases (VBDs) account for the majority of communicable diseases. Ignorance and poor living conditions contribute to the emergence and spread of vector-borne diseases, thwarting disease control efforts. Slums are more prone to vector-borne diseases due to poor environmental conditions, low living standards, poverty, and people's ignorance. This study is a minor attempt to raise knowledge of vector-borne diseases among residents of a slum neighborhood in Chetla, Kolkata, West Bengal, India. The study's goals were to determine the study population's awareness of various vector-borne diseases and the relationship between awareness and pertinent demographic characteristics.An adult population in a slum area of Chetla, Kolkata, West Bengal, India was studied in a community-based observational, cross-sectional study. A multivariate logistic analysis was used to determine the relationship between awareness and pertinent variables. Results: Malaria awareness was good, and dengue awareness was satisfactory, but knowledge of other vector-borne diseases was poor. Age, gender, caste, education, and social class were all found to be strongly related to satisfied awareness. Younger persons, those under 35 years old, males, from the general caste, with a literacy level beyond primary school and a socioeconomic class III or higher, were more knowledgeable of vector-borne diseases. This research uncovered the study population's lack of knowledge about vector-borne diseases.It can be inferred that increased efforts should be made to raise public awareness and mobilize the community around the stated challenges. One of the most serious risks to human health in the twenty-first century is climate change. Climate extremes, air quality, sea-level rise, and multiple affects on food production systems and water resources all have direct effects on health. Infectious diseases, which have played an important part in human history, influencing the development and fall of civilizations and allowing the conquest of new territory, are also affected by climate. Significant regional shifts in vector and pathogen distribution have been recorded in temperate, peri-Arctic, Arctic, and tropical highland regions in recent decades, changes that experts around the world have predicted.If we do not mitigate and adapt to climate change, we can expect further changes in the future. Mobility of people, animals, and things, as well as existing control mechanisms, the availability of effective treatments, the quality of public health services, human behavior, and political stability and conflict, all influence the spread and severity of human diseases. With medicine and pesticide resistance on the rise, continued financing and research efforts are required to combat existing and developing diseases, particularly those transmitted by vectors. |
