Prevention and control strategies for mosquitoes borne diseases require community involvement to successes. Knowledge, Attitude and Practice (KAP) study was conducted in an urban and rural area in Odisha state of India to determine the perceived risk by the community of mosquito borne infectious diseases and the level of knowledge regarding mosquitoes. Drawing on data collected in Dec-2021 to June-2022, we explore the role of community participation and the factors that inuenced its failure in the prevention and control of mosquitoes-borne disease in Odisha. Approaches based on social and mobilization and communication aimed at bringing behavior change in the communities are in stressed. Community should be encouraged to take appropriate actions at household level to prevent mosquito borne diseases and the doctors and physicians should be encouraged to provide health education to the patients about the appropriate and affordable preventive measures.
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