South Sudan: South Sudan: Early Warning and Disease Surveillance Bulletin (IDP Camps and Settlements) Week 43 (19 - 25 October 2015)

Highlights

• Completeness for weekly reporting was 55% for the non-conflict affected states and 89% for the IDP sites. Malaria was the commonest cause of morbidity in both non-conflict affected states (50%) and IDP sites (38%).
  
• Malaria epidemics reported from three states (Warrap, Northern Bahr el Ghazal, and Western Bahr el Ghazal states) and two IDP sites (Bentiu PoC and Malakal PoC)
  
• Twenty three (23) new measles cases reported from Wau county (1), UN House PoC (6), Bentiu PoC (9), and Mangatain IDP (7).
  
• No report of new laboratory culture confirmed cholera cases countrywide since 5 October 2015.
  
• Seventy eight (78) new HEV cases reported from Bentiu PoC (75) and Mingkaman (3).
  
• Global acute malnutrition stands at 34.1% in Bentiu PoC and 18.1% Malakal PoC.
  
• The U5MR was 0.893 deaths per 10,000 per day in Bentiu PoC and 0.038 deaths per 10,000 per day in the non-conflict affected states, which are both below the U5MR emergency threshold of 2 deaths per 10,000 per day.