Friday, September 30, 2011

WHO is working with Pakistan in the face of disease, dengue fever is rampant in Punjab

30/09/2011

World Health Organization reported that it had been recorded nearly twelve thousand five hundred case of dengue fever, and one hundred and twenty-five deaths linked to the disease in Pakistan in the period between the first of January, the twenty-eighth of September / September.

According to WHO, there have been all cases in Punjab only. Tariq says spokesman Jasrvek World Health Organization:

"The number of cases registered last year, higher than the recorded cases in the past five years combined in Pakistan. The organization is trying to help national authorities to respond to outbreaks of disease, and there was a meeting on the thirteenth of September with the participation of representatives from all provinces and regions. And the results of the meeting that sub-groups were formed, the organization is to facilitate the management of special groups of dengue fever, and the media and communications, community mobilization, and control and means of transmission of the disease. "

The WHO has provided new evidence for the clinical management of cases, developed by Pakistani doctors on the basis of the study was retrospective, based on information from the experiences of Pakistani hospitals, and international and regional experiences. FAO has also facilitated training and support to deal with cases of dengue fever in a number of provinces.

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