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  Bengaluru this week October 8th 2015     CITIZEN MATTERS Bangalore's own interactive newsmagazine Speak up, it's your city!     In this edition, we start a new series that provides Insights into Bengaluru. We start with an indepth story on the financial issues of Bengaluru’s poor and the vicious cycle of debt. Also read about the newly elected women corporators to the BBMP council and the latest happening on the Agara-Bellandur SEZ front. Check out our features on the Feed Your Neighbour initiative, and about one of Bengaluru's forgotten architects, Otto Koenigsberger. Are you following us on social media?…

  Bengaluru this week October 1st 2015     CITIZEN MATTERS Bangalore's own interactive newsmagazine Speak up, it's your city!     This week’s highlight: Reality behind dengue numbers in Bengaluru Almost every Bangalorean either knows of somebody who has had dengue or has suffered from the disease themselves. However, the official figure is pegged at 1,249 cases in 2015 until now. So what is the reality? Here’s an in-depth analysis on the incidence of dengue in Bengaluru. Read: Just 1249 dengue cases in Bengaluru since January. Really? Looking after elders Not always a walk in the park. Pic: Gopal MS…

We are trying to understand the incidence of Dengue in Bengaluru, and if and how serious an epidemic it is. Do take our survey to help us gather data. Results will be published on Citizen Matters, along with responses from officials. NO personal information will be shared publicly. Resources You can read some of our previously published articles for information about Dengue. Fever? Make sure it’s not dengue! Chikungunya and dengue: prevention and treatment Tips to prevent dengue and chikungunya in flats Should you panic if a dengue patient needs platelets? Why is the number of reported dengue cases less?…

After recent cases of Dengue in Bengaluru, many residents are looking for preventive measures. And many are discussing Ovitrap as an effective preventive measure that can trap mosquitoes that spread Dengue. How effective is Ovitrap in Bangalore? We have to understand what is Dengue and how does Ovitrap work. Dengue is a vector-borne disease, caused by mosquitoes that breed on water. A mosquito named Aedes Aegypti is the host of Dengue virus. Researchers say that most Aedes Aegypti do not fly beyond than 100 metres, and bite only during day time. What is a lethal Ovitrap? Lethal Ovitrap is a…

As the monsoons hit Bangalore quenching the thirst of a parched landscape, the heavenly waters also bring with it the burden of deadly diseases like dengue. As industrial revolution and rapid scientific advancement made life easy for human life on this planet, it also brought in unforeseen challenges with regard to health and hygiene. Dengue fever, from being present in small pockets around the tropical earth, has now become a pandemic putting almost one third of the world population at risk. It is a flu-like viral fever spread by mosquito bites. The severe form potentially kills 1 in 5 affected…

A hoarding at the Directorate of Health and family welfare with information on dengue and chikangunya Pic: Vaishnavi Vittal ‘Dengue-like disease hits Bangalore’, ‘Sting of dengue at a feverish high in Bangalore’, ‘Dengue cases jump 3-fold in State’, are some of the headlines in recent media reports on dengue. However, several doctors in the city feel that there may be a slight misrepresentation in these reports that could unnecessarily result in panic and fear among people. A doctor with a well-known private hospital in the city, on the condition of anonymity, says a newspaper reporter asked if the dengue prevalence…

Read: Most recent report on dengue - Dengue reduced to a “common” viral disease in Bengaluru Recently, Abhimanyu Singh (name changed), a resident of Basaveshwara Nagar was suspected of dengue fever and admitted in M S Ramaiah Hospital, one of the major hospitals in Bangalore. In one day, his blood platelet count dropped steeply, from 2.4 lakh to 56,000, symptomatic of dengue. People in the waiting room at K C General Hospital in Malleshwaram. pic: Vaishnavi Vittal Doctors kept a close watch on the patient and geared up for a platelet transfusion if the platelet count dipped any further. The…

Northeast monsoons are here and the fear of rise in Dengue and Chikungunya cases, is still very real. In the urban environment, it seems inevitable that high population and frequent movement of infected people increase the risk of infections. This is true in cases of large apartment complexes too. People residing in such complexes can take some easy steps to reduce the menace of the Aedes Aegypti mosquito, which is responsible for spreading Dengue and Chikungunya. Water collected in discarded items such as coconut shells serve as breeding grounds for mosquitoes. File Pic Water collected in discarded items such as…

Even after spending crores on mosquito extermination, there were around 10 Chikungunya and five dengue cases reported in Bangalore earlier last month. Aedes aegypti, the mosquito that is responsible for Chikungunya (pic courtesy: Wikimedia Commons) Dr Usha Vasankar, Director, Heath and family Welfare Department, Bangalore says, "As per the BBMP report submitted to us there are 131 Chikungunya cases and 10 dengue cases in Bangalore as of 31st May 2009.""It is a routine to swat and shoo mosquitoes every evening," says T R Shastry, a resident of JP Nagar shooing a few mosquitoes buzzing above his head. Shastry’s experience is…