first reported in the Americas
on the Caribbean island of Saint-Martin (French part), on/ before Dec
13, 2013. Approximately six months later it had spread throughout the
Caribbean and to many countries of the continental Americas. Chikungunya
spread swiftly in spite of the existing national health
administrations, regional agencies and public health professionals in
various parts of the Region. Better Information Management (IM) and more
available data can help the public, government administrators and
health and other professionals throughout the Region to understand,
further analyse and stop this epidemic. Local transmission of Chikungunya was There are two main regional public health agencies in the Americas: PAHO which is concerned with all the countries of the Americas and CARPHA which is concerned mostly with the twenty countries of the CARICOM trade bloc. Data were extracted from reports published by PAHO/ WHO and reports published by CARPHA, reformatted and separately combined with a GIS base map, to produce more informative maps, charts and timelines. View maps, charts and timelines derived from reports by PAHO. View maps, charts and timelines derived from reports by CARPHA. |