Transforming Global Health: Discover how the Dengue Alliance is a breakthrough treatment for millions worldwide.

Dengue is the most rapidly spreading mosquito-borne viral infection in the world.?

Every year, 390 million people get infected with dengue and among them 96 million people are symptomatic.?

With the rapid spreading of the high infection rate, there's a need for effective treatment and comprehensive strategies to combat this disease.?

For this, the Dengue Alliance will be launched in 2022.?

Dengue Alliance is a groundbreaking global partnership focused on delivering effective and affordable treatment for dengue patients within the next five years.?

This alliance is led by the Drugs for Neglected Diseases initiate and important institutions from dengue-endemic countries like the Faculty of Medicine at Siriraj Hospital, Thailand, the Ministry of Health, Malaysia, Transitional Health Science and Technology Institute, India, Oswaldo Cruz Foundation, Brazil, and Federal University of Minas Gerais, Brazil.?

Aim of Dengue Alliance:?

To tackle dengue with an integrated approach.?

Includes vector control vaccines

Clear therapeutic solutions against different dengue virus serotypes?

Benefits of Dengue Alliance:

• Resource Aggregation- Extracting resources from endemic countries to maximize the impact of the alliance.?

• Leadership- Active involvement and clinical guidance of scientists, researchers, and manpower.?

• Knowledge Coordination- With the help of the Dengue Alliance, gaps of knowledge especially in epidemiology, biomarkers, clinical trials, diagnostics, and regulatory frameworks are addressed.?

If anything is going forward and having benefits, then there are also challenges.?

Some of the common challenges faced in this area:?

• Developing new models of collaboration is difficult.?
• Conducting clinical trials for Dengue treatment is challenging due to its seasonal nature.?
• Pooling information from different regions is complex.?
• Climate change makes dengue infection patterns unpredictable.?
• Need for funding to accelerate the development of the alliance.

Join us in supporting the Dengue Alliance initiative and be a part of the change towards a dengue-free world.