Rising Cases of Dengue Fever in Hadramout, Yemen

Increased cases of dengue fever in Hadramout until June 9

Government health reports revealed in Hadramoutsoutheastern Yemen, reported an escalating increase in the number of cases of dengue fever among people in various districts and remote villages.

According to reports issued by the Epidemiological Surveillance Department at the Office of the Ministry of Public Health in Seiyun, more than 1,674 cases of dengue fever were recorded during the period until June 9. The infected cases were concentrated in the city of Seiyun, in its main neighborhoods.

Casualty numbers

The statistic indicated that the Al-Qarn neighborhood recorded the highest rate with 237 cases, followed by the “Trace” region with 216 cases, and then the Al-Ghurfa region with 214 cases, and the Al-Suhail neighborhood came in the fourth place with 169 cases, and then the Tarba region with 168 cases, and then the “Madoudeh” region with 150 cases of injury, and the Maramra neighborhood. With 124 cases and the regions of Al-Wahda neighborhood, Al-Houta, Shihuh, Al-Thawra, Bur, Al-Souk Al-Am, 22 May, Salila and Al-Qurain, with less than a hundred cases for each region and one of them.

According to health sources at Seiyun General Hospital, recent rainfall in the areas of Wadi Seiyun has led to the proliferation of mosquitoes, the main carrier of dengue fever, indicating that the escalation of infected cases was concentrated in the city of Seiyun, the center of Wadi and Hadramout desert, as well as neighboring towns and villages.

misty campaigns

The sources called on the Health Office and the concerned authorities to move locally to implement foggy spraying campaigns and launch awareness programs to educate citizens on how to prevent this disease.

And the World Health Organization recently warned that dengue fever and other diseases caused by mosquito-borne viruses are spreading faster and more widely due to climate change, expressing fear of an outbreak of the disease worldwide.

And knock experts Global Health Organization The alarm about the rise in cases of dengue fever, explaining that dengue fever is still endemic in 100 countries, but it poses a threat to 29 other countries.

The organization confirmed that the number of cases has increased dramatically in recent years, from about half a million in 2000 to 5.2 million, the worst year ever.