Four persons have died and more than 600 cases of dengue haemorrhagic fever reported so far this year in Rangoon Division.
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Scientists use phone calls to track dengue
Researchers have developed a new method to pinpoint outbreaks of dengue fever by tracking phone calls to public health hotlines.
Interview: ‘Everyone needs to be involved in dengue control’
Dr. Zaw Lin, head of the Health Ministry’s dengue-control programme, speaks to DVB about efforts to reduce the risk of contracting this sometimes deadly mosquito-borne disease.
300 hospitalised in Mergui dengue outbreak
Mergui resident Tin Ko Ko Oo told DVB that the majority of the patients in the Tennasserim Division town were young children.
Mystery illness hits 2,000 in eastern Burma
Sept 24, 2009 (DVB), Nearly 2,000 people, mostly children, have been infected with an unknown illness in two states in eastern Burma, with fears that it may be either the…
Dengue fever hits Thailand refugee camp
July 29, 2009 (DVB), An outbreak of dengue fever has hit a camp in Thailand that holds some 37,000 refugees from Burma, with ten people so far known to have…