Ministry of Health, WHO and FAO to upscale prevention to avoid Crimean Congo Hemorrhagic Fever and Dengue and control in Pakistan (16 Oct 2010)

16 October, 2010 ¦ Islamabad - Pakistan's National Institute of Health (NIH) has confirmed that cases of Crimean Congo Hemorrhagic Fever (CCHF) and Dengue fever have been recorded in the country. Twenty-two cases of CCHF have been confirmed this year (13 from Rawalpindi, three from Islamabad, one from Abbottabad and five from Balochistan), and 2164 suspected and 921 laboratory-confirmed cases of Dengue have been recorded, including 842 confirmed cases in Sindh, 24 in Punjab, 17 in Rawalipndi, 18 in Islamabad, 19 in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) and one in Azad Jamu Kashmire....