There are 4.6 million cases of dengue in Latin America so far this year. The most serious cases can cause death.

The disease is concentrated in tropical and subtropical regions. There is a vaccine, but at a price that is inaccessible to a large part of the citizens of the most affected countries. All countries need more campaigns on basic prevention, inspections to avoid stagnant waters, and prevention of unscrupulous greedy people from profiting from the disease. The explosion of d Dengue cases, which has already killed 1,300 people in Brazil, is related to the climate crisis, according to PAHO experts. It is estimated that there are between 100 and 400 million infections per year in the world. But no one is safe from new outbreaks. The mosquito that transmits the disease, the Aedes aegypti, is entering new territories thanks to rising temperatures. In regions where it is endemic, it now reaches earlier and farther than ever, especially due to the El Nio phenomenon, the abnormal warming of the Pacific Ocean.