By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews Pakistan saw one additional wild poliovirus type 1 (WPV1) case in the past week from Killa Abdullah district, Balochistan province. This brings the total WPV1 cases...

By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews The dengue fever situation in Bangladesh worsens each day as the numbers only get higher. In a 24 hour period Wednesday, some 2,400 additional cases were reported. Year...

By NewsDesk    @infectiousdiseasenews In a follow-up on the dengue epidemic in Bangladesh, the Institute of Epidemiology, Disease Control and Research (IEDCR) says the total cases reported this year...

By NewsDesk    @infectiousdiseasenews The number of dengue fever cases in Sri Lanka has reached 34,078 through Aug. 2, according to the Ministry of Health’s (MOH) Epidemiology Unit. Twenty-one...

By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews Wild poliovirus type 1 With three additional wild poliovirus type 1 (WPV1) cases reported in the past week, this brings the total for 2019 through the end of July...

By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews The total number of dengue fever cases in Bangladesh through July 27 this year has surpassed the the total for all of 2018, according to the latest numbers from Bangladeshi...

By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews The dengue fever situation in Bangladesh in July has surged to a historical record with over 6400 cases reported in the first 24 days of July. From July 1 through...

By NewsDesk  @bactiman63 The dengue epidemic in Bangladesh and the capital city of Dhaka is climbing steadily this season and despite the increase, officials are saying it is “under control”...

By NewsDesk  @bactiman63 The numbers of dengue fever cases in Bangladesh started rising rapidly in June; however, since July 1 through July 16, 2,767 cases have been recorded with hundreds of cases...

The World Health Organization announced today that Maldives has eliminated mother-to-child transmission of HIV and syphilis. Maldives is the second country in WHO South-East Asia Region to achieve this...