Afghanistan: South Asia: Appeal 2009-2010 (MAA52001) - Annual report
Source: International Federation of Red Cross And Red Crescent SocietiesCountry: Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, MaldivesThis report covers the period 1 January to...
View ArticleBangladesh: Asia Pacific Appeal No. MAA50001 Annual Report
Source: International Federation of Red Cross And Red Crescent SocietiesCountry: Bangladesh, Cambodia, India, Indonesia, Mongolia, Nepal, Pakistan, Philippines, Samoa, Sri Lanka, Viet NamIn brief This...
View ArticleSri Lanka: Sri Lanka: Presidential Taskforce on Dengue to be established
Source: Government of Sri LankaCountry: Sri LankaThe Presidential Taskforce on Dengue will hold its inaugural meeting this evening (25 May) to discuss and put in place a comprehensive dengue control...
View ArticleSri Lanka: SRI LANKA: Colombo braces for dengue outbreak
Source: IRINCountry: Sri LankaCOLOMBO, 8 June 2010 (IRIN) - Health officials are stepping up their efforts to avert a dengue outbreak in the Sri Lankan capital, Colombo. According to the Ministry of...
View ArticleSri Lanka: Sri Lanka: Dengue threats to be dealt with deterrent punishment
Source: Government of Sri LankaCountry: Sri LankaHealth ministry has decided to strictly enforce the law to deal with persons liable for mosquito breeding places with the help of security forces as...
View ArticleSri Lanka: Sri Lanka: Dengue Outbreak - DREF operation n° MDRLK001 - Final...
Source: International Federation of Red Cross And Red Crescent SocietiesCountry: Sri LankaDREF operation n=B0 MDRLK001 GLIDE n=B0 EP-2009-000163-LKA The International Federation's Disaster Relief...
View ArticleSri Lanka: In Brief: Sri Lanka steps up dengue prevention
Source: IRINCountry: Sri LankaCOLOMBO, 22 July 2010 (IRIN) - Sri Lanka has declared the third week of August National Dengue Prevention Week, as dengue cases spike during the months-long monsoon...
View ArticleSri Lanka: Asia: number of dengue cases on the increase
Source: International Federation of Red Cross And Red Crescent SocietiesCountry: Sri Lanka, Thailand, Viet Nam, Malaysia, PhilippinesBy Necephor Mghendi and Lasse Norgaard, IFRC The number of dengue...
View ArticleSri Lanka: Sri Lanka: A concentrated nationwide programme to combat the...
Source: Government of Sri LankaCountry: Sri LankaThe Minister of Health Mr. Maithripala Sirisena said that a Presidential Task Force has been established to combat the Dengue threat and an islandwide...
View ArticleSri Lanka: Sri Lanka: Life saving medicines for Dengue patients distributed...
Source: Government of Sri LankaCountry: Sri LankaLives saving drugs for the benefit of critical dengue patients imported from Thailand have been distributed to hospitals by the health ministry. The...
View ArticleSri Lanka: SRI LANKA: Dengue prevention becomes household chore
Source: IRINCountry: Sri LankaMAELIYA, 16 August 2010 (IRIN) - Sri Lanka has launched a massive community prevention campaign targeting dengue fever using billboards, TV spots and even schoolchildren....
View ArticleSri Lanka: In Brief: Dengue numbers drop in Sri Lanka
Source: IRINCountry: Sri LankaCOLOMBO, 15 September 2010 (IRIN) - Health officials in Sri Lanka are reporting a significant drop in the number of reported dengue cases. "Numbers are going down...
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Sri Lanka: Sri Lanka - Complex Emergency Fact Sheet #3, Fiscal Year (FY) 2010
Source: US Agency for International DevelopmentCountry: Sri LankaBUREAU FOR DEMOCRACY, CONFLICT, AND HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE (DCHA) OFFICE OF U.S. FOREIGN DISASTER ASSISTANCE (OFDA) Note: The last fact...
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Sri Lanka: Sri Lanka - Complex Emergency Fact Sheet #1, Fiscal Year (FY) 2011
Source: US Agency for International DevelopmentCountry: Sri LankaKEY DEVELOPMENTS h Between August 2009 and December 2010, the U.N. Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) reported...
View ArticleSri Lanka: Communicable disease epidemiological profile
Source: World Health OrganizationCountry: Sri LankaOverviewThe Communicable Disease Epidemiological Country Profile series was conceived and developed by the World Health Organization team for Disease...
View ArticleSri Lanka: SRI LANKA: IOM Supports Health Ministry Dengue Prevention and...
Source: International Organization for MigrationCountry: Sri LankaIOM last week supported a Ministry of Health training for over 100 nurses and paramedics in managing patients with mosquito-borne...
View ArticleSri Lanka: Sri Lanka: Dengue deaths declining
Source: IRINCountry: Sri LankaCOLOMBO, 17 March 2011 (IRIN) - For the first time in two years, reports of dengue fatalities and infections in Sri Lanka are falling, which officials attribute to...
View ArticleSri Lanka: Finally Dengue Takes a Beating
Source: Inter Press ServiceCountry: Sri LankaBy Amantha PereraCOLOMBO, Apr 6, 2011 (IPS) - Dengue infections and deaths here have declined significantly this year."We are seeing the results" of a new...
View ArticleSri Lanka: Combating dengue in the East for a safe environment
Source: Sri Lanka Red Cross SocietyCountry: Sri LankaBy Zafran Packeerally – Red Cross Communications Officer in Sri LankaAmpara, Sri Lanka - The dengue epidemic still remains a major health hazard in...
View ArticleSri Lanka: Action against dengue beginning to pay off
Source: IRINCountry: Sri LankaCOLOMBO, 29 December 2011 (IRIN) - Sri Lanka is making progress in the battle against mosquito-borne dengue fever, say health officials."Over the last two years we have...
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