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Honduras has gone 17 consecutive years without a human rabies case transmitted by dogs and is working toward international certification of the achievement through ongoing dog vaccination campaigns, disease surveillance, and monitoring of wildlife reservoirs.

The Health Ministry announced Honduras's first imported chikungunya case and will intensify surveillance at border crossings, particularly with Nicaragua, where the virus is already circulating, to prevent community transmission.

Honduras's Health Ministry is maintaining epidemiological surveillance and urging stronger prevention measures as cases of myiasis caused by the screwworm (a parasitic fly larva) continue to emerge across the country.

Honduras has recorded 6,218 dengue cases nationwide through epidemiological week 29 (late July), according to the Health Ministry's surveillance unit.

Health authorities in Atlántida are monitoring three people with suspected measles while laboratory tests are pending to confirm or rule out the disease, amid a broader national outbreak with 12 confirmed cases.

San Pedro Sula has confirmed 243 dengue cases in 2026 with no deaths reported, though health officials say seven recent patients show warning signs and two cases have been classified as severe dengue.