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Iraq: Iraq: EWARN & Disease Surveillance Bulletin | 2016 Epidemiological Week: 8 | Reporting Period: 22 - 28 February, 2016

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

Highlights

Number of reporting sites: Ninety-three (93) reporting sites including (72% of the total EWARN reporting sites) thirty-six (36) in Internally Displaced People’s (IDP) camps, seven (7) in refugee camps and fifty (50) mobile clinics submitted their weekly reports timely and completely.

Total number of consultations:* 34 235 (Male= 15 891 and Female =18 344) marking an decrease of 12 497 (39%) since last week due to decrease of the reporting sites.

Leading causes of morbidity in the camps: Acute Respiratory Tract Infections (ARI) (n= 14 768), Skin Diseases (n= 1 119) and Acute Diarrhea (AD) (n= 769) remained the leading causes of morbidity in all camps during this reporting week.

Number of alerts: Eleven (11) alerts were generated through EWARN following the defined thresholds, of which ten (10) were from IDP camps (five of them from mobile clinics) and the remaining one from hospitals during this reporting week. All these alerts were investigated within 72 hours and nine were verified as true and further investigated and responded by the respective Governorates Departments of Health, WHO and the relevant health cluster partners. (Details: see Alerts and Outbreaks Section).


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