WHO scales up response to control dengue fever in Yemen
31 May 2016 -- The World Health Organization is scaling up preparedness and response activities to control a potential outbreak of dengue fever in Yemen. According to the Ministry of Public Health and Population’s integrated disease surveillance system, almost 11 900 suspected cases of dengue fever were reported from January to April this year, compared to 1755 suspected cases during the same time period in 2015. This represents an increase of more than 600% in 2016. A total of 25 deaths have been reported since January 2016.