Socioeconomic Factors Impact on Vector-Borne Diseases

The total number of features used for socioeconomic data is 13. Most features are regarding the water, i.e., people have access to pure water or how they treat water before drinking, etc. Stagnant and dirty water is the primary cause of malaria. Dirty puddles and dirty water are high mosquito breeding places and are some of the reasons for malaria [41 (link)]. The reasons for poverty are less availability of health facilities and the environmental conditions of people’ s living and working areas. Some specific groups of the population are at risk for leishmaniasis. In rural and peri-urban areas, houses are built with poor-quality materials (mud, straw, bamboo), which can become the reason for sandflies’ shelter and can cause leishmaniasis. A lack of sewage and garbage collection services, leading to the accumulation of waste, can also become the reason for vector breeding places [42 (link)]. Socioeconomic factors have an impact also on dengue. The dengue epidemic remains due to socioeconomic factors [43 (link)].