- by Alison
Every year, ASAP, a world leading professional association dedicated to the practice of alliance management, partnering, and business collaboration, chooses to highlight outstanding accomplishments of innovative partnerships at the Global Alliance Summit. This year, 10 nominees competed in four categories for the Alliance Excellence Awards:…
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- by Alison
Break Dengue team members will be joining the Global Alliance Summit on Feb 28 – March 2 in San Diego, California to explore key questions surrounding topics on successful partnerships. The event organized by ASAP, a leading global professional association dedicated to the practice of…
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- by Alison
Break Dengue Community Action Prize results – One prize, two awards In 2016 Break Dengue launched the Community Action Prize – a competition which rewards the best grassroots initiatives that combat dengue in an innovative way while integrating dengue vaccines as part of a holistic…
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- by Alison
Break Dengue is proud to be one of the patrons in this year’s ISNTD Festival. On the 23rd of February representatives from creative industries will come together in London to try and find innovative solutions for global health. New media, film, theater, radio, photography, documentary,…
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- by Gary Finnegan
Researchers in Sweden have identified a strong link between El Niño conditions in the Pacific and dengue fever epidemics in South Asia. The finding could help to improve epidemic warning lead times – giving health authorities time to prepare for major dengue outbreaks. El Niño…
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- by Alison
Data on where people have been in the days leading up to their diagnosis promises to provide a novel source of insight on the source of infections. But accessing that data isn’t as easy as you might expect, as the Fight Dengue app’s creator explains.…
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- by Gary Finnegan
A new dengue vaccination toolkit offers a guide to introducing the dengue vaccine, tackling everything from vaccine delivery to ‘rumor management’ Introducing a new vaccine is a complex task. Not only must health authorities consider how they will reach the target population and who will…
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- by Alison
New dengue treatments are required to keep up with the evolving dengue threat, which some fear could hit Europe and the US. As the Asian tiger mosquito spreads the disease to colder climes, the co-founders of Effecta Pharma explain their efforts to tackle the problem…
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- by Alison
We are excited to have been part of the data hackathon organised by DengueHack.org on November 25th and 26th in Brussels. We feel very fortunate that over 60 participants chose to spend their Saturday browsing through our datasets to tackle problems related to dengue. Everyone…
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- by Alison
Global health threats are on the rise, due in part to the widening reach of the world’s deadliest creature…the mosquito. Mosquitoes spread deadly diseases such as dengue, Zika, and malaria just to name a few, and Project Premonition aims to give dengue outbreak prevention a…
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