Public knowledge regarding hemorrhagic fever in Garmian administration, Kurdistan region, Iraq

AbstractThe objective of present study was to determine the knowledge, regarding viral haemorrhagic fever (VHF) among different groups of population at Garmian administration -Iraq. A cross-sectional survey was conducted during period from March-May among the officials and university students. A questionnaire was formulated which included demographic data of the respondents and their knowledge toward viral haemorrhagic fever. Results revealed that regarding the knowledge of the studied samples on the causative agent, vast majority knew that the cause was virus in a percentage of (65.4%), while (48.3%) had the correct information that the disease is transmitted from animals. Finally about half of the participant (49.8%) knew that health centers is an important risk factor of infection, followed by gathering (36.7%) and the lowest was the general parks (13.7%). In the field of prevention it was clear that most participants (34.4%) knew that isolation of patient is the best way of prevention and control of the disease and 93.30%) knew that is notification a correct way of prevention.