Health Alerts

India: Monsoon-related diseases climb. Authorities in the city of Tiruppur in western Tamil Nadu are cracking down on those residents who fail to eradicate dengue mosquito breeding grounds around their homes by cutting off their water supply. As many as 65,000 households were deemed to be risk areas and subject to the ruling aimed at reducing dengue fever cases. Read more 

The state of Karnataka and the city of Delhi are reporting dengue spikes, while cases of Japanese encephalitis in Assam have exceeded 420, with 58 deaths.

Laos: Dengue in central, southern provinces.  Dengue fever is ramping up across the country, although the capital Vientiane has been most affected. As many as 5,000 cases and seven deaths have been reported so far this year, 2,000 of those cases since early July. Read more