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Iraq: Iraq: EWARN & Disease Surveillance Bulletin | 2015 Epidemiological Week 43 | Reporting Period: 19 - 25 Oct, 2015

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Source: Government of Iraq, World Health Organization
Country: Iraq

Highlights

  • Number of reporting sites: Sixty-nine (69) reporting sites including forty-two (42) Internally Displaced Peo-ple’s (IDP) camps, seven (7) refugee camps and twenty (20) mobile clinics submitted their weekly reports timely and completely.

 Total number of consultations: 24,605 (male=10,936 and female=13,669) marking a increase of 3,719 (15%) since last week.

 Leading causes of morbidity in the camps: Acute Respiratory Tract Infections (ARI) (n=8,698), Acute Diar-rhea (AD) (n=1,542) and skin diseases (n=754) remained the leading causes of morbidity in all camps during this reporting week.

 Number of alerts: Eight (8) alerts were generated through EWARN following the case definition thresholds, of which Seven (7) were from IDP camps and one (1) from refugees camp during this reporting week. All these alerts were investigated within 48 hours, of which only two were verified as true for further investiga-tion and appropriate response by the respective Governorates Departments of Health, WHO and the rele-vant health cluster partners. (Details: see Alert and Outbreak Section).


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