Highlights
• Completeness for weekly reporting was 31% for the nonconflictaffected states and 39% for the IDP sites.
• Malaria is the top cause of morbidity in IDPs and nonconflict-affected areas.
• Malaria cases in Bentiu PoC and Northern Bahr el Ghazal exceeded expected levels in the week.
• 36 suspect cholera cases including 2 deaths reported in Juba.
• There were no new suspect hemorrhagic fever case reported from Aweil.
• During the week, malaria was the leading cause of mortality in IDPs.
Special focus on measles
• Seventeen suspect measles cases were reported from Gogrial West (12), Yirol West (1), Mayom (2), Tonj South (1), and Bor South (1). (Table 4.1).
• While no new confirmed measles outbreaks have been reported; over 90 suspect measles samples have not been tested in the national measles laboratory.
• Since the beginning of 2016, a total of 1,564 measles cases including at least 17 deaths (CFR 1.09%) have been reported countrywide. Measles outbreaks have been confirmed in 12 counties.
• A countrywide measles follow up campaign is planned for November 2016.