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The World Mosquito Program (WMP) is a not-for-profit group of companies owned by Monash University that works to protect the global community from mosquito-borne diseases such as dengue, Zika, yellow fever and chikungunya.

After an absence of more than 20 years, dengue re-emerged in Brazil in 1981. Over the next 30 years, seven million cases were reported.

Today, Brazil has the greatest number of dengue cases in the world, with 3.2 million cases and 800 deaths reported from 2009–2014. Brazil has also been severely affected by outbreaks of Zika virus and chikungunya in the last few years.

In June 2024, Brazil reached a staggering 6 million confirmed dengue cases, as reported by the Ministry of Health’s monitoring panel. This marks a sharp rise from 2023, when the country recorded just over 1.6 million cases, highlighting the growing severity of the outbreak.

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(Data updated October 2024)

World mosquito activities in brazil
Project sites
11
Number of people reached
>4 million
Total area reached
1330 km²
Map of Brazil Project Sites
 
Brazil

Project sites

In Brazil, we are working across the municipalities of Rio de Janeiro, Niterói, Belo Horizonte, Petrolina and Campo Grande, Foz do Iguaçu (PR), Londrina (PR), Joinville (SC), Uberlândia (MG), Presidente Prudente (SP) and Natal (RN).

 

Engagement and public acceptance

Our Public Acceptance Model guides engagement, communication and issues management. No mosquitoes are released until endorsement by the local Community Reference Group.

1,000,000

people reached through community engagement (since April 2017)

79%

public acceptance in Rio de Janeiro

81%

public acceptance in Niterói
Dengue is a very dangerous disease. It kills! My greatest hope is that we no longer have these diseases here, and that this project is spread throughout Brazil and, perhaps, around the world.
Luan
Community member

Stories from Brazil

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