Current Status of Dengue/Dengue Haemorrhagic Fever in WHO South-East Asia Region
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Dengue fever/dengue haemorrhagic fever (DF/DHF) is the most important emerging viral disease affecting nearly half of the world’s population. It is estimated that there are between 50 to 100 million cases of DF and about 500 000 cases of DHF which require hospitalization every year. In the WHO South-East Asia Region, over the past 15 years, DF/DHF has become a leading cause of hospitalization and death among children. The annual incidence of DF cases is estimated to be between 20-30 million and of DHF between 200 000 and 400 000 cases with 10 000 deaths. During 1996-1998, an increasing trend in morbidity associated with DF/DHF has been observed in India, Indonesia, Maldives, Myanmar, Sri Lanka and Thailand. There are formal DF/DHF control programmes in most of the countries except India and Maldives. The DF/DHF control strategy relies mainly on two aspects: (1) efficient disease management in hospitals to reduce case fatality rates, and (2) vector control through the integration of chemical, biological and environmental methods of control. Source reduction programmes are largely community-based, particularly utilizing schoolchildren. This presentation also details the role of the WHO
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تاریخ انتشار 2004