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Iraq: Iraq: EWARN & Disease Surveillance Bulletin | 2016 Epidemiological Week: 19 | Reporting Period: 9 –15 May , 2016

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

Highlights

  • Number of reporting sites: One hundred and twenty-five (125) reporting sites (98% of the total EWARN reporting sites) including sixty-eight (68) in Internally Displaced People’s (IDP) camps, six (6) in refugee camps and fifty-one (51) mobile clinics submitted their weekly reports timely and completely.

  • Total number of consultations: 40 190 (Male = 18 911 and Female = 21 279) marking an increase of 3 823 since last week.

  • Leading causes of morbidity in the camps: Acute respiratory tract infections (ARI) (n=16 941, 42%), acute diarrhea (AD) (n=2 538, 6%) and skin diseases (n=1 410, 4%) remained the leading causes of morbidity in all camps during this reporting week.

  • Number of alerts: Seven (7) alerts were generated through EWARN, and all of them were from IDP camps (one from mobile clinics) during this reporting week. All these alerts were investigated within 72 hours and were verified as true and were further investigated and responded. (Details: see Alerts and Outbreaks Section).


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