Perceived Impact of Recent Dengue Outbreak in Kathmandu from Service Providers and Consumers Perspective

The research provides insight into the need for coordinated efforts from all three tiers of government to implement preventive strategies for vector control so that its negative impact on physical health of affected people, financial and social burden could be minimized effectively. In addition, various challenges like inadequacy of human resources, logistics, increasing workload, and mental stress among health workers were highlighted.