Burkina Faso, Cabo Verde, Chad, Côte d’Ivoire,
Ethiopia, Guinea, Mali, Mauritius, São Tomé and Príncipe, Senegal, Benin, Nigeria, Ghana and Togo

HIGHLIGHTS

„ Since the beginning of 2023, over 5 million circumstances and 5 000 deaths have been reported worldwide from over 80 international locations in all six WHO areas. The international danger degree was decided to be excessive as a result of excessive variety of individuals in danger (40% of the worldwide inhabitants), the quantity and magnitude of outbreaks, local weather change penalties, together with the continuing El Niño phenomenon and complicated humanitarian crises, the escalation in dengue-related deaths, and the shortage of an built-in strategy to stop and management dengue outbreaks.

„ In the WHO African area, as of 19 December 2023, a complete of 171 991 suspected circumstances of dengue, together with 70 223 confirmed and possible circumstances and 753 deaths have been reported from 15 international locations (Benin, Burkina Faso, Cabo Verde, Chad, Côte d’Ivoire, Ethiopia, Ghana, Guinea, Mali, Mauritius, Niger, Nigeria, São Tomé and Príncipe, Senegal, and Togo). In 2023, the variety of dengue infections within the area has risen nine-fold in comparison with 2019.

„ Burkina Faso continues to be the nation that has been most impacted, accounting for 85% of reported circumstances and 91% of recorded fatalities.

„ Senegal and Mali have skilled simultaneous outbreaks of dengue, Zika, and chikungunya, highlighting the difficulty of under-reporting of circumstances as a result of restricted capability for early detection, and confirmatory diagnostics in most international locations and the want for an built-in arboviral response.

„ As per the WHO Emergency Response Framework (ERF), a regional Incident Management Support Team (IMST) has been established in every affected nation and regional ranges to coordinate the response.

„ A dengue criticality danger mapping has been created for 47 international locations of the WHO African area, categorizing them into tiers primarily based on the chance of dengue outbreaks (Tier 1 for emergency response, Tier 2 for enhanced readiness interventions, and Tier 3 for preparedness interventions).

„ An up to date complete guideline for preparedness and response to dengue outbreaks within the WHO African area is being developed