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After Action Review (AAR) of Dengue Outbreak

Date: 14-16 May 2018 Region Eastern Mediterranean Region Country Pakistan

The After Action Review that took place in Peshawar, captured the lessons learned from the response to the Dengue outbreak of June-December 2017, with the aim of improving future actions through analysis of identified best practices and challenges. The AAR covered five key areas: surveillance and laboratory; case management and infection prevention and control; risk communication including community engagement; vector surveillance and control; coordination including the functionality of the incident management system; and resource mobilization.

The meeting gathered approximately 80 participants from national, provincial and district levels who had been involved in the response including health and other departments such as police, water/sanitation, education, local government, agriculture and environment. Private health care providers, NGOs, UN agencies and partners had participated in the AAR.

The meeting included detailed discussions on the existing capacities of health systems to prevent, detect, and respond to Dengue outbreak; timeline of response interventions; best practices and their enabling factors; along with challenges and their limiting factors. The resulting recommendations were converted into targeted activities to be integrated in the provincial action plan for dengue and vector borne diseases.