A toolkit for national dengue burden estimation
Across numerous disciplines and countries, a major hurdle in the prevention and control of dengue has been the urgent need for improved...
WHO highlights dengue as a top global health threat for 2019
At the start of the year, the World Health Organisation (WHO) released a list of ten focal threats to global health that it forsees for...
Dengue advocacy: global burden and impact of dengue (animation courtesy of Takeda Vaccines)
Dengue is a viral disease that causes approximately 500,000 hospitalizations each year worldwide and approximately half of the world’s...
Regulatory approvals boost dengue prophylaxis
Two important developments have emerged in October regarding the first dengue vaccine, Dengvaxia (CYD-TDV), a live attenuated tetravalent...
Patient testimonial: Shermila Fernando's family & the impact of dengue in Sri Lanka
Shermila Fernando is a Sri Lankan mother: in 2012, her youngest son contracted dengue and in 2016 it was her eldest son, who spent nine...
Patient testimonial: Camila & the impact of dengue in Colombia, courtesy of Takeda Vaccines
Camila Lopez Davalos is a young girl from Cali, Colombia who loves painting. Dengue fever is endemic in Colombia, with regular outbreaks...
Dr. Stephen Thomas (State University of New York): capturing subjective patient experience of dengue
In a recent paper published in PLOS NTDs*, a group of researchers is capturing a more thorough and realistic overview of the true burden...
Dengue: a silent issue and a growing problem
Dengue is one of the fastest growing infectious diseases in the world, spreading from nine countries to over one hundred in the past 50...
Webinar: Dengue vaccination, where do we go from here?
Last Friday, September 28 2018, in a webinar titled "Dengue Vaccination: Where Do We Go from Here?" GDAC (the Global Dengue and...
Dr. Muhammad Altaf Khan (City University of Science & Information Technology Peshawar, Pakistan)
Dr. Muhammad Altaf Khan (City University of Science & Information Technology Peshawar, Pakistan) is co-author of a recent paper which...
