Health Alerts

The district medical officer and a rapid response team have visited the area intensifying preventive measures and education. Pregnant women with any symptoms…

Bangladesh is currently suffering from its deadliest outbreak of dengue fever ever recorded. In 2023, 223,564 cases, which include 1,086 deaths from dengue,…

India reports the highest numbers of snakebite deaths in the world, predominantly in the rural areas around agricultural fields. Indian institute of science…

The Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever (CCHF) outbreak in Pakistan’s Balochistan province has now infected hospital workers, with one death. CCHF is a viral…

More than 80,000 hand, foot, and mouth disease cases have been reported for 2023, with 21 deaths, which is an increase of 68.6% this year.  Read more

Low rainfall and dry conditions increase the Aedes mosquito breeding sites by increasing locally stored water for domestic use during drier seasons. The latest…

Over 2,000 local cases reported in one week, making a total of more than 10,000 cases of dengue fever reported this year in Taiwan. Tainan City, on the south-…

Dengue fever transmission continues at a fast pace in Hanoi and new outbreak areas are still being reported. The districts of Hoang Mai, Phu Xuyen and Ha Dong…

At least 10 farmers from the provinces of Buri Ram, Nakhon Ratchasima and Songkhla have succumbed to melioidosis, sparking a warning from health authorities.…

The Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency (KDCA) provided an update on local transmission of malaria up to the second week of October, announcing that…

Local media have announced a wild poliovirus type 1 (WPV1) case in a two year-old child from Karachi, and positive WPV1 environmental virus samples have…

Nearly 4,000 people have been diagnosed with scrub typhus this year and authorities admit concern over an increasing number being reported from urban areas.…