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Suspected dengue cases and deaths rose in Bangladesh in mid-September

WHO's September 23 South-East Asia epidemiological bulletin reports 10,135 suspected dengue cases and 35 related deaths in Bangladesh during September 14–20, compared with 9,247 suspected cases the previous week and 3,940 in the corresponding week of 2025. These figures are suspected cases, not confirmed cases. The bulletin also describes a national prevention campaign, hospital preparedness, and vector control.

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Location
Bangladesh · national surveillance, not a single epicentre
National representative point
First seen
September 14, 2026
Last verified
September 30, 2026
Event date
September 14–20, 2026
Authority published
September 23, 2026
TiPH published
September 30, 2026
Desk publication, not the event date

Markers use representative points at the country or regional level, not exact incident locations. Placement indicates the affected area, not a precise site.

What changed since the prior scan

Added September 30 from the September 23 WHO bulletin. Not previously on the desk.

History

  1. First seen (source)

    First reported by the primary source. External event date, not a TiPH publication date.

  2. Added to the desk

    Added to the Global Signal Desk in the September 30 scan from the September 23 WHO South-East Asia bulletin.

Primary sources

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Events like this are answered by teams across public health. These are real profession types that respond to this kind of event — not people assigned to it.

  • Medical entomologist

    Studies disease-carrying insects to guide vector control.

  • Vector-control specialist

    Reduces mosquito and vector breeding and biting risk.

  • Epidemiologist

    Tracks how and where disease spreads and estimates risk to populations.

  • Travel-medicine physician

    Advises and protects travelers to affected regions.

  • Community health educator

    Builds prevention knowledge and behavior-change programs locally.

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