
World Mosquito Day being observed today
KATHMANDU: World Mosquito Day is being observed in Nepal today with the slogan “Small Bite, Big Challenge” through various awareness programmes aimed at preventing mosquito-borne diseases and educating the public about their risks. Mosquito bites can transmit several diseases, including malaria, dengue, chikungunya, kala-azar, scrub typhus, lymphatic filariasis (elephantiasis) and Japanese encephalitis. So far, 168 mosquito species […]

