Becker's Healthcare February 7, 2024
The U.S. government has unveiled a National Public Health Strategy to Prevent and Control Vector-Borne Diseases in People, which 17 federal departments and agencies jointly worked to develop.
The 84-page strategy, detailed by the HHS and CDC in a Feb. 6 news release, prioritizes collaboration between federal, state, tribal and academic institutions, research organizations and public health departments to prevent the vector’s spread of pathogens, which have been increasingly rising in the U.S.
Vector-borne diseases (VBDs) are transmitted to humans via bites from insects like mosquitoes, ticks or fleas.
“VBDs increasingly threaten the health and wellbeing of people in the United States, with reported cases doubling over the last two decades,” the document reads. “Close to 1 million reported VBD...
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