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WHO Dengue situation update 583
Dengue is a mosquito-borne viral infection causing a severe flu-like illness and sometimes causing a potentially lethal complication called severe dengue. Dengue is a rapidly em...
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Development and Climate Change in the Mekong Region
The countries of the Mekong Region have mostly continued in their path of rapid economic growth and increasing regional economic integration. However, poverty and social inequal...
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Climate-resilient water safety plans: managing health risks associated with climate variability and change
Long-term planning for an adequate and safe supply of drinking-water should be set in the context of growing external uncertainties arising from changes in the climate and envir...
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Progress on drinking water, sanitation and hygiene: 2017 update and SDG baselines
WHO and UNICEF established the Joint Monitoring Programme for Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene in 1990, and published regular global updates throughout the Millennium Develo...
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Dengue increase likely during rainy season: WHO warns
Several Asian countries are experiencing unusually high numbers of dengue cases for this time of year. With the rainy season approaching, the World Health Organization (WHO) is ...
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Dengue and severe dengue Key facts
This WHO website summarizes facts on dengue fever.
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WHO scales up response to worldwide surge in dengue
An article on the recent increase in dengue fever cases by WHO. It gives an overview on the current situation and how WHO is responding to it.
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Strong country capacity, improved tools and community engagement critical to enhancing dengue prevention and control
This article discusses the current rapid increase in dengue cases around the world and how countries can improve their capacity to respond to this.
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Myanmar economic monitor: October 2015
The Myanmar Economic Monitor (MEM) aims to periodically take stock of economic development and highlight economic prospects and policy priorities in Myanmar. Myanmar grew at an ...
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Scoping review on vector-borne diseases in urban areas: transmission dynamics, vectorial capacity and co-infection
Transmission dynamics, vectorial capacity, and co-infections have substantial impacts on vector-borne diseases (VBDs) affecting urban and suburban populations. Reviewing key fac...
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Dengue: guidelines for diagnosis, treatment, prevention and control
The magnitude of the dengue problem has increased dramatically and has extended geographically to many previously unaffected areas. It was then, and remains today, the most impo...
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Global expansion and redistribution of Aedes- borne virus transmission risk with climate change
The established scientific consensus indicates that climate change will severely exacerbate the risk and burden of Aedes-transmitted viruses, including dengue, chikungunya, Zika...
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Western Pacific regional action plan for dengue prevention and control
The global incidence of dengue has grown dramatically in recent decades. In the Western Paci c Region, the number of reported dengue cases has more than doubled from about 200 0...
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Improved tools and strategies for the prevention and control of arboviral diseases: A research-to-policy forum
Research has been conducted on interventions to control dengue transmission and respond to outbreaks. A summary of the available evidence will help inform disease control policy...
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Making Vector-Borne Disease Surveillance Work: New Opportunities From the SDG Perspectives
Surveillance of vector-borne diseases (VBDs) exemplifies a One Health approach, which entails coordinated, collaborative, multidisciplinary, and cross-sectoral approaches to add...
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Summary of evaluation of dengue strategic plan for the Asia Pacific region 2008-2015
In 2008, the fifty-ninth session of the Regional Committee for the Western Pacific endorsed the Dengue Strategic Plan for the Asia Pacific Region 2008–2015. This served as a roa...
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The Kheshorter: Indigenous Karen’s Community Forest
To mark the International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples, the Karen Environmental and Social Action Network (KESAN) and the Kawthoolei Forestry Department (KFD) of the Ka...
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Asia and the Pacific Regional Overview of Food Security and Nutrition 2018 – Accelerating progress towards the SDGs.
Progress in reducing undernourishment has slowed tremendously. FAO’s estimates show that the number of hungry people has barely changed during the past two years, making it incr...
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Regional Report on Nutrition Security in ASEAN, Volume 2
In 2014, the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) published the “Regional Report on Nutrition Security in ASEAN, Volume 1”,...
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Regional report on nutrition security in ASEAN, Volume 1
The association of Southeast asian nations, or ASEAN, aims to accelerate economic growth and social progress by promoting active collaboration and mutual assistance on matters o...