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Authorities in the Philippines have come up with a creative way to combat the mosquito-borne illness dengue. They’ve put a bounty on the heads of mosquitos to encourage locals to collect the insects and their larvae. Dr. Peter Hotez, the dean of the National School of Tropical Medicine at Baylor College of Medicine talks with The World’s Marco Werman about why global campaigns to prevent dengue are so important.