Source: Government of Pakistan, World Health Organization
Country: Pakistan
Highlights
Epidemiological week no. 48
(23 - 29 Nov 2014)
• 3 suspected CCHF cases were reported this week from Balochistan province.
• In this week, 75 out of 87 districts and 2,777 out of 3,590 health facilities have reported to Disease Early Warning System (DEWS), compared to 77 districts with 2,646 health facilities shared weekly data in week 47, 2014.
• A total of 1,132,033 patients consultations reported in this week 48, 2014.
• In this week, a total of 26 alerts generated and timely responded. Altogether 7 alerts were for Measles; 6 each for Leishmaniasis and Diphtheria; 2 each for CCHF, Dengue fever and ARI; while 1 for Acute diarrhoea.
• 3 outbreaks were also identified and timely responded.