Cumulative cases since outbreak start — ReliefWeb bulletin dated 2026-06-24
•No recent official bulletin — the silence could mean resolution or under-reporting.
Official report date — in isolated zones, field onset typically precedes this by days to weeks.
The exact nature of this date (week of confirmation, transmission period, or bulletin publication date) is not specified by the source.
Dengue in Kiribati — 44 laboratory-confirmed cases and no deaths reported for 2026, per the last national situation report dated 24 June 2026, with DENV-1 and DENV-2 both circulating. No confirmed cases were recorded over epidemiological weeks 29 to 32. This follows a far larger 2025 outbreak (503 confirmed cases and 1 death), which is now over: Kiribati is not among the three Pacific countries and areas with an officially declared dengue outbreak in 2026. As of 14 August 2026 the WHO/SPC regional assessment classes Kiribati at low levels of transmission, alongside American Samoa, New Caledonia, Samoa, Vanuatu and Wallis and Futuna. Source: WHO/SPC, Dengue in the Pacific Multicountry Situation, 14 August 2026.
Case trend
Insufficient data (< 7 days)
First actions
- →Log in national surveillance system — continue routine monitoring
- →Compare with seasonal baseline for this region and disease
- →Include in weekly surveillance briefing — escalate if trend worsens (▲ cases or CFR)
Cite this page (Vancouver)
HealthWatch Global. Dengue fever outbreak — Kiribati [Internet]. 2026-06-24 [cited 2026 Aug 26]. Available from: https://healthwatch-global.com/en/outbreak/fe6c7cdc-4790-44ed-8243-0967ce155f62. Data source: ReliefWeb.
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