Sri Lanka, July 26 -- As Sri Lanka responds to a significant nationwide dengue outbreak, the U.S. Embassy in Sri Lanka has launched a Public Health Pest Control and Vector-Borne Disease Response program in partnership with the Sri Lanka Ministry of Health and National Dengue Control Unit to strengthen the country's ability to prevent, detect, and respond to dengue.

Funded through the U.S. Department of War's Overseas Humanitarian, Disaster, and Civic Aid (OHDACA) program, the initiative brings together experts from U.S. Army Pacific (USARPAC) and the U.S. Army's 18th Theater Medical Command with counterparts from the Sri Lanka Ministry of Health to share American expertise in preventive medicine, disease surveillance, entomology, and int...