Combatting the global threat of dengue fever

2024 has been a record-breaking year for dengue cases, prompting the World Health Organization to categorize dengue as a high threat to global health. Warmer temperatures and increased rainfall are allowing Aedes mosquitoes, which carry the disease, to breed longer and expand to new regions. The U.S. is one of many nations with an uptick in dengue, which leads to high fevers and severe pain and can be life-threatening. How do we prepare for and combat this debilitating disease? This panel discussion will explore new vaccine and treatment methods, as well as prevention efforts. 

Register for free to submit your questions.   

An on-demand video will be posted after the event. 

SPEAKERS

Marcia Castro, Andelot Professor of Demography and Chair of the Department of Global Health and Population, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health; Director of the Brazil Studies Program of the David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies (DRCLAS) at Harvard University  

Guillaume Leroy, CEO and Member of the Board of Directors, EDJEN BIOTECH  

Daniel Neafsey, Associate Professor of Immunology and Infectious Diseases, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health 

Gabriela Paz-Bailey, Chief of the Dengue Branch at the Division of Vector-Borne Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 

MODERATOR

Helen Branswell, Senior Writer, STAT