2017 dengue outbreak in Peshawar
{{Short description|Disease outbreak in Pakistan}}
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| name = 2017 Dengue outbreak in Peshawar, Pakistan
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| location = Peshawar, Pakistan
| first_case = Mid-2017
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| confirmed_cases = 24,807
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| deaths = 69
| suspected_cases = 4,320
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In the 2017 dengue outbreak in Peshawar, Pakistan, hundreds of incidents of dengue fever were reported in Peshawar in mid-2017.{{cite web|url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1352536|publisher=www.dawn.com|title=Emergency meeting called over Peshawar dengue outbreak|date=19 August 2017}} Initially, according to the health department of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, 4,320 suspected cases were received by Khyber Teaching Hospital Peshawar and 831 were positive. About a dozen people died of dengue, starting in July. Punjab healthcare experts and Peshawar experts worked together to control the dengue epidemic, using health workers going door-to-door to educate residents, as well as fumigation of the city to suppress mosquito populations.{{cite web|url=http://pakobserver.net/dengue-continues-ring-alarm-bells-peshawar/|publisher=pakobserver.net|title=Dengue continues to ring alarm bells in Peshawar|access-date=2017-08-24|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170824134227/http://pakobserver.net/dengue-continues-ring-alarm-bells-peshawar/|archive-date=2017-08-24|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|url=http://pakobserver.net/dengue-hits-peshawar/|publisher=pakobserver.net|title=Dengue hits Peshawar|access-date=2017-08-24|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170824235654/http://pakobserver.net/dengue-hits-peshawar/|archive-date=2017-08-24|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1352949|publisher=www.dawn.com|title=Dengue experts to stay in Peshawar|date=21 August 2017}}{{cite web|url=http://reliefweb.int/report/pakistan/punjab-dengue-experts-leave-peshawar|publisher=reliefweb.int|title=Punjab dengue experts leave for Peshawar|date=21 August 2017 }}
In November 2017, the World Health Organization reported a total of 24,807 laboratory confirmed cases with 69 deaths.{{cite web|url=https://reliefweb.int/disaster/ep-2017-000133-pak|publisher=WHO|title=Pakistan: Dengue Outbreak - Sep 2017 |date= 16 December 2019 |accessdate= 15 May 2020 |website=reliefweb.int}}