- by Roxana
I grew up in Scotland and studied zoology at Edinburgh University. A lecture there on mosquito-transmitted disease inspired me to become a medical entomologist and I followed up my first degree with a Ph.D. from the University of Florida. My doctoral research involved fieldwork in…
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Flash floods across the Solomon Islands – an island nation that is home to around 600,000 people – led to a score of deaths, and thousands of islanders being displaced in April 2014. But homelessness is not the government’s only concern: the number of dengue…
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At 2.5%, the mortality rate for dengue may not be as high as other vector-borne diseases, but its impact can be just as devastating. The economic burden of the disease is undermining individuals, communities, and countries. “Dengue is a high cost burden that’s undermining the…
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- by breakdengue
ASEAN Dengue Day: Running for dengue awareness Greater public awareness is critical to combatting Dengue, one of the fastest growing infectious diseases in the world with the Asia-Pacific region bearing some 75% of the global burden. So in 2011, the Association of Southeast Asian Nations…
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In May of this year, children across Vietnam learned how to reduce dengue transmission through a comedy play about a little girl’s adventures with giant mosquitoes. Hover over the image below to find out how “The Tiny Enemies” helped raise dengue awareness among 30,000 Vietnamese…
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This year Brazil hosts the 20th FIFA World Cup, attracting up to half a million international visitors. For the areas around nine of the World Cup stadiums, records show that the main dengue season will have passed before the World Cup is held in June…
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- by breakdengue
When people think of dengue fever, the words ‘Europe dengue outbreak’ probably don’t come to mind. Latin America and Southeast Asia are usually the first to be hit and are go-to references for the disease. It’s not surprising given that most of the countries where the…
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What’s the best way to combat dengue? Prevention is better than cure, but how can we prevent the spread of the disease? In the Pakistani province of Sindh, the regional government has taken a hard line against dengue. Last year it introduced its Sindh Prevention…
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Dengue isn’t a disease that only happens somewhere else. Public healthcare officials in Texas had a stark reminder of this in late 2013, when research showed that dengue has been present in the city of Houston since 2003. So why didn’t anyone notice dengue at…
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A few days before World Health Day, the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) launched a new advocacy strategy and paper: Dengue: Turning up the volume on a silent disaster. We spoke to Amanda McClelland, Emergency Health Senior Officer at the…
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