Sri Lanka has deployed military forces to contain a rapidly escalating dengue outbreak as hospitals report more than 1,000 admissions daily. The deployment signals critical strain on the health system and reflects broader challenges in dengue control across Asia-Pacific regions. — Mask pollution during covid-19 epidemic 2.jpg by Syced / CC0 via Wikimedia Commons (CC0)
MD, MPH, PhD. Editor-in-Chief, Georgian Medical Journal (GMJ). Professor and Head, School of Public Health, David Tvildiani Medical University (DTMU), Tbilisi, Georgia. Chair, Public Health Institute of Georgia (PHIG). President, Accréditation Sans Frontières (ASF), Paris. Secretary/Treasurer, UEMS Section of Public Health. WHO Consultant, Health and Migration, Geneva. Former Member, UN Secretary-General's Independent Accountability Panel for Every Woman, Every Child, Every Adolescent (IAP-EWEC, 2016–2021). ORCID: 0000-0001-7609-4515.
