Honduras: 2019 Dengue

[Ronan Kelly]

In Honduras, between EW 1 and EW 35 of 2019, a total of 71,215 suspected cases of dengue,
including 227 deaths, have been reported. Of the total number of suspected cases, 20%
(14,381 cases) were classified as severe dengue.
In the last five epidemiological weeks (EW 31 to EW 35 of 2019), a decreasing trend in the
number of reported cases has been observed, with a 31% decrease in the number of severe
dengue cases and a 34% decrease in the number of dengue cases with warning signs;
however, it remains too early to determine if a declining trend will continue, especially given
that the rainy season has not ended.
Of the total deaths (227), 127 were laboratory-confirmed, 37 were discarded following
laboratory testing, and 63 remain under investigation. By age group and sex, children aged
less than 15 years represent 57% of the confirmed deaths and females represent 59% of the
confirmed deaths (Figure 4).
All 20 health regions in the country have reported dengue cases, with the regions of Cort?s,
Yoro, and Santa Barbara accounting for 55% of the total deaths reported.

https://reliefweb.int/sites/reliefweb.int/files/resources/2019-sept-13-phe-dengue-epi-Update.pdf

[Shiloh]

Source: https://reliefweb.int/report/hondura...demiol-gica-50

Google translation:
Epidemiological Situation Dengue until Epidemiological Week 50
Report
from Government of Honduras
Published on 22 Dec 2019

Cumulative Dengue Cases: 109,764 cases
Dengue No Alarm Signs: 90,371 cases
Serious Dengue: 19,393 cases.

[Shiloh]

Source: http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/201..._138665602.htm

Honduras registers 177 deaths from dengue in 2019
Source: Xinhua| 2019-12-30 07:41:55|Editor: ZD

TEGUCIGALPA, Dec. 29 (Xinhua) -- Honduras will close 2019 with more than 115,000 cases of dengue and 177 deaths from the disease, local media reported on Sunday.

"It is the biggest epidemic that we have had," said Deputy Minister of Health Roberto Cosenza...

[Shiloh]

Source: https://bdnews24.com/world/americas/...nd-dysfunction


Dengue racks Honduras amid extreme weather and dysfunction
Kirk Semple, The New York Times
Published: 30 Dec 2019 11:22 AM BdST Updated: 30 Dec 2019 11:22 AM BdST


More than 400 people died this year as one of the worst dengue epidemics on record swept through Central America — a type of outbreak that some scientists and public health officials are warning is likely to become more frequent and more widespread because of climate change.

But while climate change is threatening to increase the spread of dengue worldwide by expanding the range of the mosquitoes that carry the virus, the disease has already found an especially fertile breeding ground in Honduras, for reasons that go beyond the environment.

In Honduras, which accounted for more than 40% of the dengue deaths in Central America this year, according to the Pan American Health Organisation, the effects of climate change have been compounded by government dysfunction, political tumult and public apathy.

Dengue has hit the country hard. This year, it had more than 107,000 cases of the viral disease — more than 13 times the number recorded last year — and at least 175 deaths. In 2018, only three people in Honduras died from the disease, according to the Pan American Health Organisation.

Honduras’ notorious criminality has worsened matters, as public health teams, already stretched thin by budget cuts and a lack of trained personnel, have been blocked by gangs from entering some of the most severely afflicted neighbourhoods to educate residents and fumigate against mosquito infestations...