BMC Public Health volume 23, Article number: 1924 (2023) Abstract Background Dengue is a public health problem in the Indo-Pacific countries. There are concerns over the facilitators and barriers to...
COLOMBO, 29 December 2011 (IRIN) - Sri Lanka is making progress in the battle against mosquito-borne dengue fever, say health officials. "Over the last two years we have gone all out to stop the...
By Zafran Packeerally – Red Cross Communications Officer in Sri Lanka Ampara, Sri Lanka - The dengue epidemic still remains a major health hazard in many parts of the island. Consorted efforts are...
By Amantha Perera COLOMBO, Apr 6, 2011 (IPS) - Dengue infections and deaths here have declined significantly this year. "We are seeing the results" of a new campaign against dengue now, Pabha...
COLOMBO, 17 March 2011 (IRIN) - For the first time in two years, reports of dengue fatalities and infections in Sri Lanka are falling, which officials attribute to aggressive island-wide public...
IOM last week supported a Ministry of Health training for over 100 nurses and paramedics in managing patients with mosquito-borne dengue fever at Vavuniya General Hospital. The training, which...
Overview The Communicable Disease Epidemiological Country Profile series was conceived and developed by the World Health Organization team for Disease Control in Humanitarian Emergencies (DCE). The...
KEY DEVELOPMENTS h Between August 2009 and December 2010, the U.N. Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) reported that more than 325,000 individuals, or 94 percent of...
BUREAU FOR DEMOCRACY, CONFLICT, AND HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE (DCHA) OFFICE OF U.S. FOREIGN DISASTER ASSISTANCE (OFDA) Note: The last fact sheet was dated May 5, 2010. KEY DEVELOPMENTS - On September...
COLOMBO, 15 September 2010 (IRIN) - Health officials in Sri Lanka are reporting a significant drop in the number of reported dengue cases. "Numbers are going down throughout the island," Prishanthy...