Tag: Antonio Arbo

• Wednesday, January 9th 2013 - 18:19 UTC

  Paraguay admits defeat to dengue and declares national epidemics alert

  

  The mosquito transmitted dengue disease can’t be eradicated, but only controlled at least this tropical summer admitted Paraguayan health officials after extending the national epidemics alert to the whole territory of the landlocked country.

• Wednesday, December 19th 2012 - 06:27 UTC

  Dengue alert in Paraguay; SMS awareness campaign to fight mosquitoes

  

  Paraguay’s Health Ministry announced it will appeal to SMS messages as part of the awareness campaign to help prevent the mosquito transmitted dengue disease which this year has already caused 70 deaths and thousands of infections.

• Wednesday, November 28th 2012 - 19:02 UTC

  Dengue keeps advancing in Latam despite efforts to contain the disease

  

  Dengue continues to claim lives in Latin America with over 400 deaths and nearly 161.000 infection cases according to this year’s reports from the different countries.