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The World Mosquito Program is working in Sri Lanka to protect communities from mosquito-borne diseases like dengue, Zika, chikungunya and yellow fever. 

The World Mosquito Program in Sri Lanka is part of a global, not-for-profit initiative that is working to protect local communities from mosquito-borne diseases.

In Sri Lanka, dengue is an increasing health concern, along with other mosquito-borne diseases such as Zika and chikungunya. The World Health Organization reported that in 2017, dengue cases were more than triple the average for the same period between 2010 and 2016, with 34,274 dengue cases in Colombo and 186,101 across Sri Lanka.

(Data updated June 2022)

Sri Lanka community
Project sites
1
Number of people reached
230,000
Total area reached
20 km²
Sri Lanka
 
Sri Lanka

Project sites

Our project in Sri Lanka is being established in the Colombo area, with the first mosquito releases having taken place in 2020.