By Rathindra Kuruwita Around 900 cases of dengue have been reported in the first 10 days of September, National Dengue Control Unit (NDCU) Director Dr. Nalin Ariyaratne said....
The importance of developing a treatment for dengue has largely been ignored, the Dengue Alliance said in a statement.However, a recently formed Global Dengue Alliance with...
by Prof. Nimal Senanayake MD, FRCP, PhD, DSc Book review by Prof. N.A. de S. Amaratunga PhD, DSc Prof. Nimal Senanayake MD, PhD, DSc, FRCP, eminent...
By Rathindra Kuruwita About 25 percent of Sri Lanka’s dengue patients were schoolchildren, a Health Ministry official said on Sunday.Dr. Nalin Ariyaratne, the Director of the...
President Ranil Wickremesinghe has taken decisive action to combat the spread of Covid-19 and Dengue in the country by establishing both a Ministerial Committee and an...
By Emanthi Marambe Epidemiologists yesterday said that there had been a massive increase in reported dengue cases so far this year as compared to the corresponding...
By Rathindra Kuruwita Over 6,200 dengue patients were identified in the first 21 days of May, the ministry of health said yesterday. So far a total...
By Pradeep Prasanna Samarakoon Over 1,000 dengue cases have been reported in the four days that ended on Friday morning (19), Dr. Nalin Ariyaratne, Director, National...
The number of dengue cases, in Sri Lanka, has surpassed 35,000 in 2023, by 19 May, according to the Epidemiology Unit. The Western Province has the...
Sri Lanka was facing a major dengue outbreak with the number of cases already reaching epidemic levels, Senior Consultant Physician at the Infectious Diseases Hospital (IDH),...