WHO launches plan to tackle growing threat of dengue, other diseases

FILE - A health worker fumigates for mosquitoes inside a home to help mitigate the spread of dengue in the Las Penitas area of Talara, Peru, March 1, 2024. FILE- World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus delivers a speech at the 77th World Health Assembly, in Geneva, May 27, 2024.

The World Health Organization launched a global plan Thursday to address the growing threat of dengue and other deadly arboviruses, which have affected millions of people around the world and put billions more at risk.