Dengue Virus Cases Surge Amidst COVID-19 in Pakistan: Challenges, Efforts and Recommendations

Pakistan is currently facing two outbreaks, dengue and COVID-19; both have strained its healthcare system resulting in multiple concerns including the co-diagnosis of two. Due to poor healthcare capacity, low vaccination rate, increasing COVID-19 variants, socioeconomic disparities, and misinformati...

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Autores principales: Islam, Zarmina, Mohanan, Parvathy, Bilal, Wajeeha, Hashmi, Taleen, Rahmat, Zainab, Abdi, Ikran, Riaz, Mehr Muhammad Adeel, Essar, Mohammad Yasir
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Publicado: Dove 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8819273/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35140482
http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/IDR.S347571
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author Islam, Zarmina
Mohanan, Parvathy
Bilal, Wajeeha
Hashmi, Taleen
Rahmat, Zainab
Abdi, Ikran
Riaz, Mehr Muhammad Adeel
Essar, Mohammad Yasir
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Mohanan, Parvathy
Bilal, Wajeeha
Hashmi, Taleen
Rahmat, Zainab
Abdi, Ikran
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description Pakistan is currently facing two outbreaks, dengue and COVID-19; both have strained its healthcare system resulting in multiple concerns including the co-diagnosis of two. Due to poor healthcare capacity, low vaccination rate, increasing COVID-19 variants, socioeconomic disparities, and misinformation, it is inevitable that implications will prove to be damaging to both healthcare workers and civilians. Among these challenges, it is important to note the need for stronger epidemiological surveillance for both COVID-19 and dengue and the implementation of public health measures without endangering sources of livelihood. To sustain this, cooperation between WHO and Pakistan’s government must continue through smart lockdowns, dengue awareness campaigns, and double laboratory procedures.
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spelling pubmed-88192732022-02-08 Dengue Virus Cases Surge Amidst COVID-19 in Pakistan: Challenges, Efforts and Recommendations Islam, Zarmina Mohanan, Parvathy Bilal, Wajeeha Hashmi, Taleen Rahmat, Zainab Abdi, Ikran Riaz, Mehr Muhammad Adeel Essar, Mohammad Yasir Infect Drug Resist Commentary Pakistan is currently facing two outbreaks, dengue and COVID-19; both have strained its healthcare system resulting in multiple concerns including the co-diagnosis of two. Due to poor healthcare capacity, low vaccination rate, increasing COVID-19 variants, socioeconomic disparities, and misinformation, it is inevitable that implications will prove to be damaging to both healthcare workers and civilians. Among these challenges, it is important to note the need for stronger epidemiological surveillance for both COVID-19 and dengue and the implementation of public health measures without endangering sources of livelihood. To sustain this, cooperation between WHO and Pakistan’s government must continue through smart lockdowns, dengue awareness campaigns, and double laboratory procedures. Dove 2022-02-02 /pmc/articles/PMC8819273/ /pubmed/35140482 http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/IDR.S347571 Text en © 2022 Islam et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/This work is published and licensed by Dove Medical Press Limited. The full terms of this license are available at https://www.dovepress.com/terms.php and incorporate the Creative Commons Attribution – Non Commercial (unported, v3.0) License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/) ). By accessing the work you hereby accept the Terms. Non-commercial uses of the work are permitted without any further permission from Dove Medical Press Limited, provided the work is properly attributed. For permission for commercial use of this work, please see paragraphs 4.2 and 5 of our Terms (https://www.dovepress.com/terms.php).
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Islam, Zarmina
Mohanan, Parvathy
Bilal, Wajeeha
Hashmi, Taleen
Rahmat, Zainab
Abdi, Ikran
Riaz, Mehr Muhammad Adeel
Essar, Mohammad Yasir
Dengue Virus Cases Surge Amidst COVID-19 in Pakistan: Challenges, Efforts and Recommendations
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title_short Dengue Virus Cases Surge Amidst COVID-19 in Pakistan: Challenges, Efforts and Recommendations
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http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/IDR.S347571
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