Saudi Arabia: 2013 Dengue outbreaks

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Source: http://www.saudigazette.com.sa/index.cfm?method=home.regcon&contentid=20130103147959

Spate of dengue cases in Makkah suburb
Last Updated : Thursday, January 03, 2013 12:33 AM
Saudi Gazette report


MAKKAH ? Forty-seven confirmed and suspected dengue fever cases have recently been reported in Makkah?s Bat?ha neighborhood, health sources told Al-Madinah daily.

Al-Noor Specialist Hospital has received the most suspected cases, according to spokesman for Makkah Health Affairs Fawaz Al-Sheikh.

One of the residents living in the affected neighborhood told Al-Madinah the neighborhood has been infested with mosquitoes and accused the Makkah municipality of not doing enough to fight mosquito infestations in the area...

 

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Source: http://www.saudigazette.com.sa/index.cfm?method=home.regcon&contentid=20130121150002

KINGDOM
5 dengue cases in Jeddah district; sewage blamed
Last Updated : Monday, January 21, 2013 12:18 AM

Saudi Gazette report

EDDAH/MAKKAH ? Five residents from Jeddah?s Al-Nahdah districts have contracted dengue fever after sewage water was reportedly dumped near the neighborhood.

Residents expressed anger after a sewage truck unloaded near their neighborhood. They said the problems began when the company started work on a sewage disposal network...

 

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Source: http://www.menafn.com/menafn/1093602065/Jeddah-municipality-fights-dengue-fever

Jeddah municipality fights dengue fever Join our daily free Newsletter
MENAFN - Arab News - 24/01/2013

(MENAFN - Arab News) A meeting was recently held between the Jeddah Municipal Council and the crisis management department (CMD) at the municipality, after a recent outbreak of dengue fever. The meeting was held to address and combat the high rates of this disease, which is spread by mosquitoes and characterized by a sudden high fever...

 

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13 new dengue cases discovered in Jeddah
Last Updated : Wednesday, January 30, 2013 1:19 AM

Saudi Gazette report

JEDDAH ? At least 13 new cases of dengue fever were discovered by anti-dengue fever squad in Jeddah last week. Eight of the victims were between 20 and 38 years of age.

Assistant Director of Jeddah Health Affairs Dr. Sami Eid confirmed that dengue fever cases have been on the increase since the beginning of January, especially in the downtown districts, south Jeddah and in neighborhoods on the eastern side of the Jeddah-Makkah Expressway.

http://www.saudigazette.com.sa/index.cfm?method=home.regcon&contentid=20130130151190

 

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Registration twenty case 'miserable' in Jeddah during the week and an expert calls to combat genetic engineering


Swamp in the neighborhood of spikes in the city of Jeddah (Middle)
02/16/2013 - ISSUE 440




COMMENTS
Jeddah - congratulations Baqmi

Kingdom spent 1.4 billion to fight .. Brazil has succeeded in eliminating three million

Download professor of ecology at the College of Marine Sciences at King Abdulaziz University in Jeddah, Dr. Ali passion, responsibility transmission of dengue fever between neighborhoods of Jeddah, the Jeddah Municipality official president for operations against the disease, the national water company for causing the spread of swamps, and ?Meteorology and Environmental Protection? for failing to take a tough stance against the water company, he said. He pointed out that the weakness of the control operations may lead to the transmission of the disease from one city to another.
was Director of Health Affairs in Jeddah Dr. Sami Badawoud, revealed record twenty cases of the disease during the past week, pointing to a decrease in the number of injuries by 25%. With a healthy source said that the disease has become endemic in most of Jeddah, pointing to multiply in Kilo 14 neighborhoods, the university, Rawabi, Bani Malik, gaps, Housing Southern, Country, refinery الهنداوية, Galil, parks, Qurayyat, way, quarry, Qoizh, Kandra, Baghdadiya, cities cheetah, Safa, Alamaria, honorary, influenza اليمانية, Waziriya, Samer, Alojawad, الأجاويد, spikes, Millennium, Breiman, Azizia, Al Ruwais, in addition to places Omran modern.

more...

http://www.alsharq.net.sa/2013/02/16/724957

 

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Source: http://www.arabnews.com/news/449923


12 dengue cases detected in Jeddah
RIYADH: MD RASOOLDEEN
Tuesday 30 April 2013
Last Update 30 April 2013 2:52 am

Twelve new cases of dengue fever have been discovered in the neighborhoods of south Jeddah last week...
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About 300 cases of dengue fever were registered in the first four months of 2013 despite an ongoing campaign to eradicate mosquitoes that carry the disease.

 

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This year sees the largest number of dengue cases
Last updated: Wednesday, May 08, 2013 12:17 AM

Muhammad Hadhadh
Okaz/Saudi Gazette

JEDDAH ? The number of dengue fever cases this year has surpassed previous record levels in 2006, according to Dr. Nabil Abu Khatwah, adviser to the Jeddah Mayor.

Khatwah refused to comment on the four patients who died last week from dengue fever in hospital, saying the mayoralty does not have any information about the death cases.

He said this is the responsibility of Jeddah Health Affairs, as it is the body that has statistics about death cases. He noted this year the number of dengue fever cases was high, adding that 150 people contract the virus every week.
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http://www.saudigazette.com.sa/index.cfm?method=home.regcon&contentid=20130508164750

 

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Source: http://www.zawya.com/story/Jeddah_winning_disease_battle-ZAWYA20130920034450/

Jeddah winning disease battle
Friday 20 September 2013

The dengue fever has been fully brought under control in Jeddah, said a top health official. "The number of cases has dropped from 100 last year to five last week," Sami Ba-Dawood, director of Jeddah Health Affairs, told Arab News. He said the Ministry of Health would continue its efforts to wipe out dengue from the region. No deaths have been reported, he said...

 

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Source: http://www.zawya.com/story/252_new_dengue_cases_in_a_week-ZAWYA20130926041533/

Sep 26 2013
252 new dengue cases in a week

JEDDAH -- Director of Jeddah Health Affairs Dr. Sami Badawood said there were 252 new dengue fever infections in the city last week, Al-Hayat newspaper reported.
He said the Ministry of Health is treating all infected cases and a ministerial meeting has discussed a preventive plan to deal with the current situation...

 

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Source: http://www.arabnews.com/news/474686

Dengue cases rise to 35
JEDDAH: ARAB NEWS
Published ? Saturday 9 November 2013
Last update 9 November 2013 12:46 am

The number of dengue fever infections has risen to 35 in the Kingdom.
The Ministries of Health and Agriculture both claim their officials discovered the first cases in Najran...