NHN-KP FATA Members’ interventions on Dengue outbreak 2017
The outbreak of Dengue started in Peshawar KPK in the month of August 2017. According to the provincial Health Department in Peshawar, as of September 14, the death toll from dengue, in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP), reached 25. So far, 12,552 people have been tested for Dengue and out of these 2492 people have been found positive for Dengue. Although 781 people have been discharged after treatment, 2,907 are still being treated in the government hospitals as the majority of them suffer from high grade fever, headache and muscular pain i.e. the symptoms close to dengue fever. It is estimated that there is an increasing trend of dengue cases as well as spread of Dengue to other areas as the cases have started to come from areas adjoining those from where initial cases were reported
In order to respond to the outbreak NHN KP-FATA chapter member organization conducted multiple activities in different areas of KP. The details of these interventions are provided in the table below.
| Name | Area of Response | Type of Response | No. of Beneficiaries | Status | Donor | Focal Person | Contact Number | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SAWERA | Mardan | Awareness | 3500 | On going | Self-Help Initiatives | Sanobar Shah | 0332-9165904 | sanobar.sawera AT gmail.com |
| Rural Development Organization Buner | Buner | Sessions at community and school | 1230 | On going | Self Help | Hakim Zada | 03339697173 | rdobuner AT yahoo.com |
| ASWAD | UC karapa and shallbandi, Buner | Sessions at community and school | 1230 | On going | Self Help | Hakim Zada | 03339697173 | rdobuner AT yahoo.com |
| CERD | Tehkal Bala, Tehkal Paia, Sufaid Dahri | Community Mobilization under Nutrition Program
Medical donations and 2300 mosquito nets through government Medical camp request is pending at DHO office for allocation of area |
3 sessions on daily basis for 25 persons | On going | WFP, Self-Funded and UN | Taj Ali | 0333-9110042 | tajalicerd AT gmail.com |
| CRDO | Awareness raising | Self Help | Imran Enam | 0346-7773336 | imranenam AT gmail.com | |||
| FRD | 25 UCs of Peshawar | Awarenss Sessions at Schools, Community and walks | 1800 | On going | MSP-KP Local Government | Ali abbas | 0345-9013000 | ali.abbas008 AT gmail.com |
| LASOONA | Swat | Dengue Awareness raising Campaigns including Walks, Awareness raising session, Dissemination of IEC material at community level and provision of support to District Dengue Control Room Swat Department of Health | 20,288 | On going | NCA | Shams Ul Haq | 0333-9848369 | shams AT lasoona.org |
