Dengue fever again in Pakistan: are we going in the right direction?

Dengue fever again in Pakistan: are we going in the right direction?

•In Pakistan, dengue outbreak situation is not demonstrating an improvement despite all governmental efforts each year.•The Global Strategy for Dengue Prevention & Control 2012–2020 considers Pakistan a major contributor to dengue statistics.•Public & private sector collaboration, qualified...

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Veröffentlicht in:Public health (London) 2017-11, Vol.152, p.153-156
Hauptverfasser: Ahmed, A., Tanveer, M., Khan, G.M., Imran, M.
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Change agents
Climate change
Dengue fever
Environmental aspects
Environmental factors
Epidemics
Fever
Health care
Health services
Incidence
Morbidity
Mortality
Plague
Summer
Tropical environments
Urbanization
Vector-borne diseases
Viral diseases
Winter
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Zusammenfassung:•In Pakistan, dengue outbreak situation is not demonstrating an improvement despite all governmental efforts each year.•The Global Strategy for Dengue Prevention & Control 2012–2020 considers Pakistan a major contributor to dengue statistics.•Public & private sector collaboration, qualified staff hiring and change in educational course is required to tackle dengue.
ISSN:0033-3506
1476-5616
DOI:10.1016/j.puhe.2017.07.028