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SINGAPORE : Efforts to reverse the rising trend of dengue in Asia-Pacific received a boost with the finalisation of the Asia-Pacific dengue strategic plan on Friday.
Among the key activities recommended to combat dengue are surveillance, outbreak response and research.
Under surveillance, many countries recognised that in order to prevent or minimise outbreaks, there is an urgent need to strengthen their overall disease surveillance regime by building up laboratory capability.
There is also a need to establish a formal national coordinating structure to better facilitate inter-sectoral collaborations across agencies and stakeholders within each country.
The countries involved also recognised that effective dengue control is not possible if control efforts are limited to one or a few countries.
The regional strategic plan thus provides a good framework to facilitate collaborations among countries and sustain partnerships. - CNA/ms
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