From Mizzima News, a long but informative article of the current dengue situation :
" Chiang Mai : The spread of dengue fever is posing a serious health risk to people in Burma, especially as it spreads through the epidemic hot spots of Irrawaddy and Pegu divisions and Karen and Mon states.
Irrawaddy Division
The total number of dengue cases reported in the division from January to the middle of this year was 1,221 and the death toll was 18, according to combined figures from the divisional health department, the state-run run Pathein People’s Hospital, and Mawlamyeinkyun Township Hospital and People’s Clinic.
The fever had a particular impact on Pathein Township and nearby villages. The number of victims treated at Pathein People’s Hospital until July 3 was 561, nine of whom were children between the ages of six and 14 who died, according to the divisional health department. Dengue has spread through 27 townships, affecting victims from villages in Pathein, Mawlamyinekyun, Laputta, Kangyihtount, Thapaung, Kyaungkone, Einmae and Phyarpon, a senior departmental official said.
In the dengue affected area of Mawlamyeinkyun, local authorities were preparing to use anti-mosquito spray and educate residents about the fever, but in unaffected areas, such preventative measures had been neglected until now, a township health department spokesman said. "
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