[Correspondence] Safeguarding against dengue fever risks in a more connected world

Although malaria elimination has been reported in 14 countries, human health risk reduction against vector-borne diseases remains dire. With neither effective treatment nor widely available prophylaxis, and exacerbated by climate change, urbanisation, and population movements, dengue fever has emerged as a major planetary health threat.1 Currently, vector surveillance, chemical spraying, and biomedically modified vector experimentation are mainstream strategies for addressing mosquito-borne health hazards.