Source: Government of Iraq, World Health Organization
Country: Iraq
Highlights
- Number of reporting sites: Eighty-Six (86) reporting sites including Thirty-Nine (39) in Internally Displaced People’s (IDP) camps, Six (6) in refugee camps and Forty-one (41) mobile clinics submitted their weekly reports timely and completely.
- Total number of consultations: 31,280 (Male=15,511 and Female=15,769) marking an increase of 2965 (9%) since last week.
- Leading causes of morbidity in the camps: Acute Respiratory Tract Infections (ARI) (n=12,812), Acute Diarrhea (AD) (n=1058) and skin diseases (n=911) remained the leading causes of morbidity in all camps during this reporting week.
- Number of alerts: Twelve (12) alerts were generated through EWARN following the defined thresholds, of which eight were from IDP camps, two from Refugee camps and two from referral Hospitals during this reporting week. All these alerts were investigated within 48 hours of which all of them verified as true for further investigation and appropriate response by the respective Governorates Departments of Health, WHO and the relevant health cluster partners. (Details: see Alert and Outbreak Section)