Sri Lanka is facing an “unprecedented” outbreak of deadly dengue fever, with 296 deaths recorded and over 100,000 cases reported in 2017 alone, according to the Red Cross. CNN values your feedback ...

S ri Lanka is facing an unprecedented outbreak of dengue fever, which has resulted in more than 100,000 cases and claimed almost 300 lives so far this year.Aid groups say that the onslaught of ...

Dengue is endemic in Sri Lanka. The last major outbreak in 2009 saw 25,000 infections and 249 deaths. Dr. Priscilla Samaraweera, at the Sri Lankan National Dengue Control Unit, ...

Dengue fever is a debilitating mosquito-borne disease that is potentially fatal, particularly for young children and the elderly. It was first reported in Sri Lanka in 1965 but has become a ...

Since 2011, Sri Lanka has seen the dengue-scene. Facts backed by research on the dengue-front are coming up slowly but surely. The facts are indisputable. Since 2011, Sri Lanka has seen the ...

Sri Lanka celebrated its eradication of malaria last year. But now the country faces another mosquito-borne illness: dengue fever. It's also sometimes known as "breakbone fever" because of the ...

Sri Lanka is currently facing a grave public health crisis as the country has been witnessing a surge in the number of Chikungunya and Dengue cases during recent months, particularly in Colombo ...

By Poojathmi Rivithma. Colombo, June 19 (Daily Mirror) - Sri Lanka has recorded 14 dengue-related deaths and 26,775 dengue cases so far this year ,according to the National Dengue Control Unit (NDCU).

As of March 1, 2025, as many as 4119 cases had been reported from the Western Province. Western Province of Sri Lanka had been identified as a high-risk Medical Officer of Health (MOH) area since 2010 ...

A public health, police, and military partnership to reduce the mosquito population in Sri Lanka resulted in a more than 50% reduction in dengue, as well as cost savings, finds a new study.

Sri Lanka is facing an “unprecedented” outbreak of deadly dengue fever, with 296 deaths recorded and over 100,000 cases reported in 2017 alone, according to the Red Cross. CNN values your feedback ...

According to the newly drafted National Strategic Plan for Prevention and Control of Dengue – 2024-2030, Sri Lanka has made a commitment to reduce dengue deaths to zero by 2030.