2017 dengue outbreak in Peshawar explained

2017 Dengue outbreak in Peshawar, Pakistan
Location:	Peshawar, Pakistan
First Case:	Mid-2017
Confirmed Cases:	24,807
Deaths:	69
Suspected Cases:	4,320

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. 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]}

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

See also

• 2011 dengue outbreak in Pakistan

Notes and References

1. Web site: Emergency meeting called over Peshawar dengue outbreak. www.dawn.com. 19 August 2017.
2. Web site: Dengue continues to ring alarm bells in Peshawar. pakobserver.net. 2017-08-24. https://web.archive.org/web/20170824134227/http://pakobserver.net/dengue-continues-ring-alarm-bells-peshawar/. 2017-08-24. dead.
3. Web site: Dengue hits Peshawar. pakobserver.net. 2017-08-24. https://web.archive.org/web/20170824235654/http://pakobserver.net/dengue-hits-peshawar/. 2017-08-24. dead.
4. Web site: Dengue experts to stay in Peshawar. www.dawn.com. 21 August 2017.
5. Web site: Punjab dengue experts leave for Peshawar. reliefweb.int.
6. Web site: Pakistan: Dengue Outbreak - Sep 2017 . WHO. 16 December 2019 . 15 May 2020 . reliefweb.int.