Highlights
Number of reporting sites: Ninety-eight(98) reporting sites (77% of the total EWARN reporting sites) including thirty-eight (38) in Internally Displaced People’s (IDP) camps, four (4) in Refugee camps and fifty-six (56) mobile clinics submitted their weekly reports timely and completely.
Total number of consultations: 32 728 (Male=15 838 and Female=16 890) marking a decrease of 4% since last week.
Leading causes of morbidity in the camps: Acute Respiratory Tract Infections (ARI) (n=16 289), Skin Diseases (n=1 169) and Acute Diarrhea (AD) (n=767) 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 eleven (11) were from IDP camps and one (1) from referral hospital during this reporting week. All these alerts were investigated within 72 hours and all were verified as true. They were further investigated and appropriately responded by the respective Governorates Departments of Health, WHO and the relevant health cluster partners. (Details: see Alerts and Outbreaks Section).