WHO Resources for prevention, control and outbreak response

Dengue, Dengue Haemorrhagic fever

A. Guidelines and manuals

Dengue haemorrhagic fever: diagnosis, treatment, prevention and control. 2nd edition. Geneva :
World Health Organization. 1997
http://www.who.int/csr/resources/publications/dengue/Denguepublication/en/print.html

Dengue Haemorrhagic Fever: early recognition, diagnosis and hospital management

An audiovisual guide for health care workers responding to outbreaks
Download video http://terrance.who.int:85/streaming/dhf.wmv
DHF video transcript http://www.who.int/csr/don/archive/disease/dengue_fever/dengue.pdf

Guidelines for Treatment of Dengue Fever/Dengue Haemorrhagic Fever in Small Hospitals

Manual for Indoor Residual Spraying: Application of Residual Sprays for Vector Control

http://www.searo.who.int/LinkFiles/Dengue_Guideline-dengue.pdf

http://www.paho.org/English/AD/DPC/CD/mal-who-insecticide-manual.htm

Guidelines for Integrated Vector Management

http://www.afro.who.int/vbc/framework-guidelines/guide_integrated_vector_management.pdf

Planning Social Mobilization and Communication for Dengue Fever Prevention and Control:
A Step-by-Step Guide
http://www.who.int/tdr/publications/publications/pdf/planning_dengue.pdf

B. Strategies and Best Practices

Strengthening implementation of the global strategy for dengue fever/dengue haemorrhagic

fever
http://www.who.int/csr/resources/publications/dengue/whocdsdenic20001.pdf

The International Dengue Task Force: Dedicated to the Fight against Dengue
http://www.paho.org/English/AD/DPC/CD/den-gt-dengue-int.htm

Best Practices for Dengue Control - Environmental Health Project

Best Practices for Dengue Control in the Americas
http://www.ehproject.org/PDF/Strategic_papers/SR7-BestPractice.pdf

C. Contacts

Network of PAHO/WHO Collaborating Centres and National Reference Laboratories for Dengue
in the Americas http://www.paho.org/english/ad/dpc/cd/den-cc.htm

WHOCCNet Global Network of WHO Collaborating Centres for Epidemic infectious and zoonotic
diseases http://www.who.int/whoccnet/