Honduras: 2019 Dengue

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Source: http://www.latribuna.hn/2019/02/15/alarma-por-410-casos-de-dengue-a-nivel-nacional/

Alarma por 410 casos de dengue a nivel nacional
15 Feb, 2019 - 4:00 am

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Alarm for 410 cases of dengue at the national level
Feb 15, 2019 - 4:00 a.m.

A total of 410 cases of dengue are registered nationwide, of which 185 are serious, so the authorities of the Ministry of Health alerted the population to destroy the mosquito breeding sites of the disease.

The authorities indicated that the increase in dengue cases in the northern part of the country is worrisome.

Hospitals and health centers have extended the attention to patients who massively arrive with suspected dengue in the department of Cort?s.

The sanitary authorities asked the families to redouble the prevention measures, to avoid the nurseries of the mosquito net.

The epidemiologist at the Mario Catarino Rivas hospital in San Pedro Sula, Luisa Pineda, said that the weakness of the health care system in the area of ​​epidemic prevention has once again become clear.

According to Pineda, the highest reports of dengue are in Villanueva and San Pedro Sula.

One of the problems that increase cases of dengue is that people do not apply preventive measures, such as cleaning their homes and plots, destroying mosquito breeding sites and washing batteries, Pineda said.

He added that another factor that has contributed to increase the cases of this disease has been climate change, since there are still rains in the northern part of the country, which causes mosquito breeding sites.

According to recent studies, the vector that transmits tropical diseases such as dengue, zika and chikungunya, has adapted to climate change and global warming...

 

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Source: https://www.plenglish.com/index.php...-in-honduras-because-of-dengue-fever-outbreak


Alert in Honduras because of Dengue Fever Outbreak

Tegucigalpa, Feb 15 (Prensa Latina) Health authorities in Honduras today warned of an increase of more than 1,160 cases of dengue.

The departments of Cort?s, with 950 patients, and San Pedro Sula, with 410, reported the highest numbers in the metropolitan region.

Ninety percent of cases have been diagnosed with dengue hemorrhagic fever. In this sense, the health authorities are investigating six suspicious deaths due to this condition.

Between January and February, cases of dengue in Honduras increased 70 percent more, compared to the same period in 2018...

 

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Source: http://www.latribuna.hn/2019/02/19/mas-de-1900-casos-de-dengue-en-el-pais/

M?s de 1,900 casos de dengue en el pa?s
19 Feb, 2019 - 12:11 am


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More than 1,900 cases of dengue in the country
Feb 19, 2019 - 12:11 a.m.

"The most affected regions are Cort?s and Yoro, which are in epidemic due to a high number of cases of dengue," said the head of the Surveillance Unit of the Ministry of Health, Edith Rodr?guez.

The epidemiologist indicated that 1,967 people are infected with dengue fever nationwide and that almost 50 percent of patients are in the department of Cort?s.

"This represents an increase of 96 percent compared to the previous year, and the department most affected is Cort?s, where 665 cases of dengue have been recorded," he said.

This is the data that has been reported until epidemiological week number six; 665 cases have been registered in the northern part of the country, a situation that worries the authorities.

"Until last week we had 1,967 cases nationwide, but the largest concentration of cases is in Cort?s, Yoro and San Pedro Sula, are the most affected," said Rodriguez.

CORT?S, WITH MORE CASES
So far the authorities have not decreed emergency in the department of Cort?s, because they have assured that they still have the capacity to respond to the needs of the population.

Cort?s reports 46.6 percent of the cases nationwide, of which 278 people are affected in the metropolitan region of San Pedro Sula.

Of this total, at least 517 people have been infected with severe dengue, according to the reports that are handled.

Rodriguez said that "in San Pedro Sula there has been an alert and health personnel and mayors work prioritizing to provide measures for prevention and control of mosquito breeding sites."

The Ministry of Health investigates the death of eight people who allegedly could have lost their lives due to dengue.

Of these deaths, four correspond to the year 2018 and the others belong to this year, research is still ongoing to know if they really died from this disease.

LOCAL EMERGENCIES
Despite the high percentage that have increased the cases compared to the previous year, the authorities say "that does not mean we can declare an emergency at this time."

The emergency health committees and the mayors of the affected municipalities are the ones that can declare emergency, locally.

"We are investigating eight deaths suspected of dengue, the technical table will be meeting later this month to certify them through investigations and certifications of people," said Rodriguez. (DS)

 

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12 reported dead from dengue in Honduras
Source: Xinhua| 2019-04-09 12:28:58|Editor: Liu

TEGUCIGALPA, April 8 (Xinhua) -- At least 12 people have died from severe dengue in Honduras so far this year, said Gustavo Urbina, department chief of arbovirus of the health ministry on Friday.

In recent weeks, three new deaths from the disease have been reported, he said.

The health ministry has reported 1,650 cases of severe dengue and 3,240 mild cases during 2019.

The municipalities most affected by the disease are Choloma, San Manuel, Pimienta, Villanueva, San Francisco de Yojoa, and Omoa, all in the Cortes department in the northwest of the country.

Urbina also said 47 cases of chikungunya and 39 cases of zika have been reported in the country.

Honduras ended 2018 with 9,114 cases of dengue, 3,897 more than that of 2017...

 

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Source: https://www.prensa-latina.cu/index....fallecidos-por-dengue-hemorragico-en-honduras

Aumenta a 16 los fallecidos por dengue hemorr?gico en Honduras
Tegucgalpa, 15 abr (Prensa Latina) La secretar?a de Salud de Honduras confirm? hoy el aumento a 16 las personas fallecidas a causa de dengue hemorr?gico o grave, en lo que va de a?o...

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Increases 16 deaths due to hemorrhagic dengue in Honduras
Tegucgalpa, Apr 15 (Prensa Latina) The Ministry of Health of Honduras today confirmed the increase to 16 people who died of dengue hemorrhagic or severe, so far this year.

According to laboratory tests, we have confirmed in the last few days four more deaths due to severe dengue, which are added to the 12 recorded at the beginning of this month, said the secretary of Health, Alba Consuelo Flores.

These figures are alarming, said the minister, who called on the Honduran population to take sanitary measures to prevent the virus transmitted by the Aedes aegypti mosquito.

Between January and March of this year, nine people died from this disease only in the northern part of the country, most of the victims are minors between two and 13 years old, said the head of Health Surveillance, Edith Rodr?guez.

Official figures confirm that to date there have been 1,650 cases of hemorrhagic dengue and 3, 240 without warning signs.

Last year the virus caused the death of at least four people, of nine thousand 114 patients reported nationwide.

High fever, rash, pain in the muscles and joints are some of the symptoms of the dengue virus. In the most severe cases there may be profuse hemorrhage that can lead to death.

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Source: http://outbreaknewstoday.com/honduras-dengue-epidemic-tops-8000/


Honduras dengue epidemic tops 8,000
by Robert Herriman
May 31, 2019
By Robert Herriman @bactiman63

The number of dengue fever cases in Honduras has exploded in 2019 with the numbers as of May 11 topping the total for all of 2018.

Year-to-date, Honduras has reported 8017 total dengue cases, including 24 deaths during the first 4 1/2 months. In all of 2018, 7942 cases and 3 deaths were reported.

M?decins Sans Fronti?res (MSF) reports the heaviest hit area in the country is Cortes department, accounting for six out of 10 cases...

 

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Source: http://www.radiolaprimerisima.com/n...as-de-2800-casos-de-dengue-en-san-pedro-sula/

Reportan m?s de 2,800 casos de dengue en San Pedro Sula
San Pedro Sula. La Prensa.hn | 5 de Junio de 2019 a las 15:48

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Report more than 2,800 cases of dengue in San Pedro Sula
San Pedro Sula. La Prensa.hn | June 5, 2019 at 3:48 p.m.

More than 2,800 cases of dengue are reported in San Pedro Sula so far this year according to the data handled by the Metropolitan Health Region.

Only in the epidemiological week number 21 (from May 26 to June 1) were recorded 136 cases of non-severe dengue, representing an increase of 29%, and 123 of the so-called severe with an increase of 16%.

According to the information provided by Alma Barahona, epidemiologist of the Metropolitan Health Region, a total of 2,830 cases have been reported in the Industrial Capital.

He explained that of the 2,830 cases, 1,648 are non-serious and 1,182 are serious.

symptom

If a patient has a fever, headache, abdominal pain, vomiting and diarrhea, go to a health center

He reported that the hospitals that report the most patients are Mario Rivas with 273 admissions and the Honduran Institute of Social Security (IHSS) with 118. These patients went to such care centers the previous week.

Barahona said that children are the most affected by this disease transmitted by the mosquito.

"The cases of dengue are being reported throughout the city, in the Miguel Paz Barahona, in the health center of the Fesitranh colony, in Las Palmas, but we are continuing with the elimination actions of the transmitting mosquito," said Barahona.

Work. The Intersectorial Health Board, made up of several institutions, including the Ministry of Health and the Sampedrana Municipality, carried out cleaning, fumigation and application of larvicides on the piles and containers where water is stored in the colonies of Armenta, Villa Ol?mpica, Guill?n and Maranata in which more than 4,700 inhabitants were protected.

Data

The Region of Salud de Cort?s is carrying out fumigations in several communities of the different municipalities of the department where several dengue patients are reported, among them: Omoa, Choloma, Puerto Cort?s.

4,700 neighbors benefited from the operations carried out by the staff of the Intersectoral Board in several colonies of San Pedro Sula

Luisamar?a Pineda, an epidemiologist at the Mario Rivas hospital, called on the population to eliminate mosquito breeding sites in order to cut the transmission chain of the virus.

The specialist said that it is important "the destruction of the hatcheries because if we do not destroy them we will have dengue and it is a preventable disease. We do not see a response from the population because if he were doing what he should do, we would not have as many patients as we received, "he said.

The room dedicated to the care of pediatric patients with dengue in the Rivas, which has capacity for 50 children, is saturated. "82% of patients are under 18 years of age, the pediatric dengue ward is at an occupation rate of almost 200%, that room was opened for 40 patients, maximum 50, and 80 to 90 children are kept "Pineda said.

 

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Source: https://www.plenglish.com/index.php...der-state-of-emergency-due-to-dengue-outbreak

Areas of Honduras under State of Emergency Due to Dengue Outbreak

Tegucigalpa, Jun 15 (Prensa Latina) The Health Department of Honduras has declared the state of emergency in 12 provinces due to the rise of dengue cases, a disease that is affecting on Saturday over 10,000 Hondurans with an increasing death toll.

The mosquito-spread illness is mainly affecting children, media report, adding 70 people have died due to the disease. Of them, 23 are children under 10 years of age.

The president of Honduras Medical College, Suyapa Figueroa, hit out at the government for having not declared the emergency last year and for holding doctors responsible instead of having done its duty.

In the past hours, the country's Health Minister, Alba Consuelo Flores, placed the departments of Atlantida, Colon, Comayagua, Cop?n, Cortes, Francisco Morazan, Intibuca, La Paz, Lempira, Olancho, Santa Barbara and Yoro under sanitation alert.

According to representative of the Pan American Health Organization in Honduras, Rodolfo Pe?a, this Central American country has 77 per cent of all serious dengue cases in the region...

 

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Source: https://reliefweb.int/report/honduras/honduras-dengue-outbreak-dref-operation-mdrhn013

Honduras: Dengue Outbreak - DREF Operation MDRHN013
Report
from International Federation of Red Cross And Red Crescent Societies
Published on 02 Jul 2019 ? View Original

Total number of people affected: On 14 June, the government declared a state of emergency in 12 of 18 departments due to the dengue outbreak in the country. A total of 11,436 cases of dengue had been reported as of Epidemiological Week 23 (2-8 June), of which 7,395 (64.7 per cent) were cases of dengue with no warning signs and 4,041 (35.3 per cent) were classified as severe dengue.

Number of people to be assisted: 42,510 people

Situation analysis

Description of the disaster

Honduras is experiencing an outbreak of dengue fever.The number of cases began to climb as of April 2019, and by Epidemiological Week 23 (2-8 June) a total of 11,436 cases had been reported, of which 7,395 (64.7 per cent) were cases of dengue with no warning signs and 4,041 (35.3 per cent) were severe cases. So far 63 people are reported dead, of which 33 are laboratory-confirmed (1.55 per cent mortality) (see figure attached). During this same period, 12 departments (66.6 per cent of the entire country) reported high incidence of dengue. In view of this scenario, on 14 June the Government of Honduras declared a Health Emergency in these departments.

The most affected departments are Cort?s (4,200 cases), Yoro (1,083 cases), Olancho (855 cases) and Santa B?rbara (643 cases). If we add the 1,042 cases reported in the San Pedro Sula Metropolitan Region, we see that 75 per cent of all cases reported to date are in north-western Honduras (8,647 / 11,436 cases)

According to the World Health Organization (WHO), Honduras presents 77.5 per cent of dengue cases reported in America...

 

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Source: https://www.prensa-latina.cu/index....menta-a-51-los-muertos-por-dengue-en-honduras

Aumenta a 51 los muertos por dengue en Honduras
Tegucigalpa, 13 jul (Prensa Latina) El n?mero de fallecidos a causa del dengue aument? a 51 en Honduras, inform? hoy la jefe del Departamento de Epidemiolog?a de la Secretar?a de Salud, Edith Rodr?guez


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Increases to 51 the dengue deaths in Honduras
Tegucigalpa, July 13 (Prensa Latina) The number of deaths due to dengue increased to 51 in Honduras, reported today the head of the Department of Epidemiology of the Ministry of Health, Edith Rodr?guez

The three new cases of death were confirmed this week and there are two minors and one adult, Rodriguez said, without specifying more details of the victims.

He noted that the authorities analyzed the causes of death of another 25 people who had the same symptoms of severe dengue, a disease caused by the Aedes aegypti mosquito.

The official said that patients who have contracted the disease number 30 thousand 99, of which six thousand 795 are of the non-serious, or classic, while 23 thousand 304 correspond to the serious.

He also asked the population to keep their homes clean and to eliminate mosquito breeding grounds that reproduce in clean water tanks.

75 percent of the deaths from dengue were minors and the remaining 25 percent were adults, he said.

jf / rrj

 

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Up to 54 the death toll from dengue hemorrhagic fever in Honduras this year
18 hours ago

The deaths caused by severe dengue, also known as hemorrhagic, this year in Honduras increased to 54 with the death in the last days of three people, reported on Wednesday the Minister of Health, Alba Consuelo Flores.

The new dengue deaths were confirmed this week and they are minors, said Flores, without specifying details of the victims.

Until last Saturday, health authorities accounted for 51 deaths due to hemorrhagic dengue, most of them registered in the department of Cort?s, north of the country.

Flores said authorities analyzed the causes of death of at least 20 people who had the same symptoms of severe dengue, a disease caused by the Aedes aegypti mosquito.

"This epidemic can be stopped only if we eliminate mosquito breeding sites," stressed the Minister of Health, who urged the population not to self-medicate.

He said that the fumigation campaigns are "eliminating the mosquitoes that are flying and stinging the population, but the key is to eliminate the breeding sites that are in the homes."

Patients who have contracted the disease account for 23,304, of which 16,509 are of the non-serious or classic type, while 6,795 correspond to the serious.
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https://spainsnews.com/up-to-54-the-death-toll-from-dengue-hemorrhagic-fever-in-honduras-this-year/

 

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Source: https://metro.co.uk/2019/07/25/major-dengue-fever-outbreak-infects-28000-people-10461323/

Major dengue fever outbreak infects 28,000 people author imagePaul HarperThursday 25 Jul 2019 4:35 pm

More than 28,000 people have been hit with dengue fever in Honduras amid fears the deadly virus could spread to tourist hotspots.
The Central American country has been gripped by its worst outbreak of the viral infection ? spread by mosquito bites ? in 50 years. Hospitals are overflowing with patients and 54 people including many children have died.
At the Roberto Suazo Cordova Hospital in La Paz, around 48 people with Dengue Fever were admitted in one day. The hospital is struggling so much staff have been forced to turn its chapel into a room and cancel surgeries...

 

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Source: https://www.plenglish.com/index.php?o=rn&id=45065&SEO=dengue-fever-might-kill-200-people-in-honduras

Dengue Fever Might Kill 200 people in Honduras

Aug 1 (Prensa Latina) The president of the Medical College of Honduras, Suyapa Figueroa, assured on Thursday that the number of deaths caused by dengue fever might increase to 200.

Figueroa blamed the government of President Juan Orlando Hernandez for the increase in deaths due to that contagious disease.

The deaths by dengue fever are not a responsibility of hospitals, they caused by the lack of personnel and inputs, because 'in a collapsed system it is hard to control an epidemic,' she noted...

 

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Deadly dengue epidemic in Honduras killed 89 people
8/13/2019, 4:49:02 AM

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89 dengue deaths

Since the beginning of the year, health authorities have registered more than 49,322 cases of dengue fever. 38,469 of these cases are curable because they are of the classic type, but 10,853 of them are severe or haemorrhagic and fatal. Last week, this dengue fever caused 27 new deaths. The death toll is currently 89, of which the majority are children.
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https://www.tellerreport.com/news/2...in-honduras-killed-89-people-.HJxwFKxg4B.html

 

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Increase death rate from hemorrhagic dengue to 101 ? LA TRIBUNA
August 20, 2019 Uncategorized 2 Views

Tegucigalpa, 19 August (EFE). ? Deaths caused by severe dengue or hemorrhagic fever this year in Honduras increased to 101 with the deaths of the last days of 12 people, Deputy Health Minister Roberto Cosenza reported on Monday. The new dengue deaths were confirmed this week by a laboratory, Cosenza told reporters without providing information about the new victims of the disease.

Until August 11, the health authorities counted a total of 89 deaths from Dengue hemorrhagic disease caused by the mosquito "Aedes Aegypti."

Cosenza said that the number of patients reportedly killed by severe dengue is 185, of which 101 have been confirmed so far, while another 30 cases have been discarded and 54 are in laboratory analysis tests.
...According to the records of the Ministry of Health, in Honduras, in September 2019, about 67,000 became ill from dengue.
Of the total number of patients, 38,469 are classic dengue, not fatal, while 10,853 are haemorrhagic, in what is the worst epidemic of this disease in the Central American country.
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https://vaaju.com/colombiaeng/increase-death-rate-from-hemorrhagic-dengue-to-101-la-tribuna/

 

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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

 

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Source: https://reliefweb.int/report/hondur...gica-dengue-hasta-la-semana-epidemiol-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.

 

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Source: http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2019-12/30/c_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...

 

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Source: https://bdnews24.com/world/americas...honduras-amid-extreme-weather-and-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...