Welcome to our June 2019 newsletter
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This month, we're focusing on the growing global dengue burden, including opinion from our technical specialists and insight into why it's time for a World Dengue Day.
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We must wake up to the dengue threat – and the other diseases lining up behind
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There are now 390 million cases of dengue every year, while other diseases such as chikungunya, Zika and West Nile virus and yellow fever are also resurgent. The time has come to be more proactive of these looming threats, argues Leo Braack.
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It's time there was a World Dengue Day
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Asia marked ASEAN Dengue Day last weekend, but the world's most infectious disease still doesn't have the global recognition required to push it back and ensure its spread is halted. It's time the dengue threat was marked with a world day.
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Watch: making dengue control a part of everyday life in Cambodia
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Through our latest project on dengue in Cambodia, we introduced two interventions to tackle dengue: a sustainable vector control method using guppy fish, and community education to encourage participation and ownership.
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SHARE THIS: What is dengue and how does it spread?
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How much do you know about dengue and how it spreads?
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