2010 Focus- Control of Dengue Fever Epidemic(Report 2011)

The WHO has declared global warming and climate change to be new challenges of public health, and these threats are becoming more serious. Climate change endangers people's health through natural disasters, such as heat waves and floods, which foster communicable diseases and raise the prevalence of dengue fever. The severity of dengue fever in Southeast Asia in recent years has led to an increase in imported cases in Taiwan, with a record high of 304 in 2010. The situation has made it more difficult to control dengue fever locally.