Cases of dengue are rising explosively in the Americas. Latin America and the Caribbean have reported over 4,500 deaths and 9.3 million cases this year, which is twice the number of cases the region reported all of last year.
These regional figures also surpass the global figures from last year — which was the worst year for dengue on record — with over 6.5 million cases.
But it's not just the Americas — over the past two decades there’s been a tenfold increase in cases of dengue globally. Bangladesh had its worst outbreak in history last year. Countries which hadn’t previously reported dengue — such as Afghanistan and Chad — have seen their first documented cases.
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Sara Jervingsarajerving
Sara Jerving is a Senior Reporter at Devex, where she covers global health. Her work has appeared in The New York Times, the Los Angeles Times, The Wall Street Journal, VICE News, and Bloomberg News among others. Sara holds a master's degree from Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism where she was a Lorana Sullivan fellow. She was a finalist for One World Media's Digital Media Award in 2021; a finalist for the Livingston Award for Young Journalists in 2018; and she was part of a VICE News Tonight on HBO team that received an Emmy nomination in 2018. She received the Philip Greer Memorial Award from Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism in 2014.
