Community engagement for dengue prevention and control

Date:

28 October 2025, Tuesday

Time:

13:30 Yangon

14:00 Bangkok, Hanoi, Jakarta, Phnom Penh, Vientiane

15:00 Bandar Seri Begawan, Kuala Lumpur, Manila, Singapore

16:00 Dili, Jayapura

Abstract:

The third session of this webinar series explores how community engagement can strengthen dengue prevention and control. Prof. May Oo Lwin will draw on field research in Sri Lanka and Thailand to show how participatory surveillance empowers communities to adopt preventative behaviours and counter dengue. She will also discuss how a One Health perspective can inform future system designs. Dr. Yusma Jeffrin will present on Brunei’s dengue burden and community-based prevention and control programmes, sharing engagement activities that enhance participation in dengue response. The session will be moderated by Prof. Leo Yee-Sin from the Saw Swee Hock School ofPublic Health, NUS.

Speakers:

Prof. May Oo Lwin
Wee Kim Wee School of Communication and Information and Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine
Nanyang Technological University Singapore

Dr. Yusma Jeffrin Dato Md Yusof
Associate Specialist (Public Health) in Occupational Medicine and Head of Environmental Division,
Dept. of Environmental Health Services
Ministry of Health, Brunei Darussalam