2017 dengue outbreak in Peshawar

In the 2017 dengue outbreak in Peshawar, Pakistan, hundreds of incidents of dengue fever were reported in Peshawar in mid-2017.[1] Initially, according to the health department of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, 4,320 suspected cases were received by Khyber Teaching Hospital Peshawar and 831 were positive.[1] About a dozen people died of dengue, starting in July. Punjab healthcare experts and Peshawar experts worked together to control the dengue epidemic, using health workers going door-to-door to educate residents, as well as fumigation of the city to suppress mosquito populations.[2][3][4][5]

2017 Dengue outbreak in Peshawar, Pakistan
LocationPeshawar, Pakistan
Confirmed cases24,807
Suspected cases‡4,320
Deaths
69
‡Suspected cases have not been confirmed by laboratory tests as being due to this strain, although some other strains may have been ruled out.

In November 2017, the World Health Organization reported a total of 24,807 laboratory confirmed cases with 69 deaths.[6]

See also

References
  1. "Emergency meeting called over Peshawar dengue outbreak". www.dawn.com. 19 August 2017.
  2. "Dengue continues to ring alarm bells in Peshawar". pakobserver.net. Archived from the original on 2017-08-24. Retrieved 2017-08-24.
  3. "Dengue hits Peshawar". pakobserver.net. Archived from the original on 2017-08-24. Retrieved 2017-08-24.
  4. "Dengue experts to stay in Peshawar". www.dawn.com. 21 August 2017.
  5. "Punjab dengue experts leave for Peshawar". reliefweb.int.
  6. "Pakistan: Dengue Outbreak - Sep 2017". reliefweb.int. WHO. 16 December 2019. Retrieved 15 May 2020.
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