When a disease outbreak occurs, governments from around the world often come together to fight its spread. It was this type of collective effort that helped curb a dengue outbreak last year in the Marshall Islands, which are located in the middle of the Pacific Ocean.

 

Representatives from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the U.S. Department of Defense, the World Health Organization, the U.S. Agency for International Development, local governments and the governments of Taiwan, Japan and Australia joined forces to respond to the outbreak.