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Iraq: Iraq: EWARN & Disease Surveillance Bulletin | 2015 Epidemiological Week 31 | Reporting Period: July 2—2 August, 2015

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Source: World Health Organization
Country: Iraq

Highlights

  • Number of reporting sites: (60) reporting sites including forty-one Internally Displaced People’s (IDP) camps, six refugee camps and thirteen mobile clinics submitted their weekly reports timely and completely.

  • Total number of consultations: 14,252 (male=5,406 and female=6,237) marking an increase of (10%) to stand at 2,609 since last week.

  • Leading causes of morbidity in the camps: Acute Respiratory Tract Infections (ARI) (n=5012), Acute Diarrhea (AD) (n=1,207) and skin diseases (n=560) remained the leading causes of morbidity in all camps this reporting week.

  • Number of alerts: Thirty one (31) alerts were generated, of which twenty-two were from IDP camps and nine from refugee camps. Fourteen alerts of the 31 were verified as true for further investigation and appropriate response by the respective Governorates Departments of Health, WHO and the relevant health cluster partners. Sixteen alerts did not follow the case definition thresholds. (Details: see Alert and Outbreak Section)


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