MULTI-PRONGED SURVEY AND PROTOTYPICAL INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY APPLICATION AGAINST VECTOR-BORNE DISEASE IN NOAKHALI, BANGLADESH
BISHNU GOSWAMI *
Department of Zoology, The University of Burdwan, Burdwan – 713 104, West Bengal, India.
SARMILA PAL
Department of Zoology, Hooghly Mohsin College, Chinsurah – 712101 West Bengal, India.
KAPIL GHOSH
Department of Geography, Diamond Harbour Women’s University, Sarisha - 743368, West Bengal, India.
*Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Abstract
In this age of information technology where accesses to it are becoming cheaper by the day, especially by gadgets such as smartphones and cheap internet-access, it has promising scopes in interdisciplinary applications. In this paper, we aimed to probe how it can be used in the context of vector biology in a particular region of Bangladesh, which is a Least Developed Country according to the classification by the International Monetary fund. We carried out a multifaceted survey among volunteers who were from the region of Noakhali, which has considerable problems with mosquito-borne diseases. In the survey, we collected the data pertaining to basic knowledge of vector biology, awareness of methods to curb the said vectors and satisfaction with the eradication drives by the local government bodies there. Secondly, we also tried to gauge their awareness and familiarity with the basic tools of information technology and provided them with software which we had created to be used in follow-up studies. Some promising results were obtained which can pave the way for further progress in vector-borne disease eradication and more holistic lines.
Keywords: Vector-borne, multifaceted, survey, basic-knowledge, in-situ, information technology, personal-protection, programming-tools, information age, socioeconomic.
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