Dengue crisis in Brazil influences increase in legislative initiatives
Posted: Thu Feb 20, 2025 3:38 am
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The dengue epidemic situation in Brazil reached a new peak in 2024, with alarming numbers that highlight an unprecedented public health crisis. According to data from the Ministry of Health's Arbovirus Monitoring Panel, as of April 25 of this year, the country had already recorded 3,921,271 probable cases of the disease, resulting in 1,888 confirmed deaths and 2,218 deaths under investigation.
In comparison, 2015, considered the most critical year of the last decade, recorded 1,696,340 cases and 986 deaths. In contrast, 2023, marked by the highest lethality, had 1,094 deaths.
This year, in addition to the significant increase in cases and singapore mobile database deaths, one fact is particularly striking: the 1400% increase in the number of ordinary bills and requests in the National Congress , all aimed at combating the dengue epidemic in Brazil.
This data, collected by the government data monitoring platform, Inteligov, represents a 15-fold increase compared to the previous year, highlighting the urgency and dimension of the crisis faced.
Image representing the increase in publications related to tackling the dengue epidemic
Publications of measures against dengue fever increased 15 times compared to last year
The spread of dengue fever also reveals a worrying new pattern: the disease is spreading more quickly and reaching previously unaffected regions. In 2024, the peaks of the epidemic began in February, earlier than the usual period of April. In addition, there was a tendency for the disease to spread to the interior, affecting not only metropolitan regions, but also smaller cities with less access to health services, which aggravates the situation.
The dengue epidemic situation in Brazil reached a new peak in 2024, with alarming numbers that highlight an unprecedented public health crisis. According to data from the Ministry of Health's Arbovirus Monitoring Panel, as of April 25 of this year, the country had already recorded 3,921,271 probable cases of the disease, resulting in 1,888 confirmed deaths and 2,218 deaths under investigation.
In comparison, 2015, considered the most critical year of the last decade, recorded 1,696,340 cases and 986 deaths. In contrast, 2023, marked by the highest lethality, had 1,094 deaths.
This year, in addition to the significant increase in cases and singapore mobile database deaths, one fact is particularly striking: the 1400% increase in the number of ordinary bills and requests in the National Congress , all aimed at combating the dengue epidemic in Brazil.
This data, collected by the government data monitoring platform, Inteligov, represents a 15-fold increase compared to the previous year, highlighting the urgency and dimension of the crisis faced.
Image representing the increase in publications related to tackling the dengue epidemic
Publications of measures against dengue fever increased 15 times compared to last year
The spread of dengue fever also reveals a worrying new pattern: the disease is spreading more quickly and reaching previously unaffected regions. In 2024, the peaks of the epidemic began in February, earlier than the usual period of April. In addition, there was a tendency for the disease to spread to the interior, affecting not only metropolitan regions, but also smaller cities with less access to health services, which aggravates the situation.