Highlights
Number of reporting sites: One hundred and sixteen (116) reporting sites (87% of the total EWARN reporting sites) including sixty-five (65) in internally displaced people’s (IDP) camps, five (5) in refugee camps and forty-six (46) mobile clinics submitted their weekly reports timely and completely.
Total number of consultations: 35,361 (Male=16 137 and Female=19 224), marking an increase of 182 since last week.
Leading causes of morbidity in the camps: Acute respiratory tract infections (ARI) (n=11 859), acute diarrhea (AD) (n=3 197) and skin diseases (n=1 138) remained the leading causes of morbidity in all camps and displaced population areas served by mobile clinics during this reporting week.
Number of alerts: Five (5) alerts were generated through EWARN, of which four were from IDPs camps and one from refugee camp during this reporting week. The alerts were investigated within 72 hours, of which four were verified as true; they were further investigated and responded by the relevant health cluster partners. (Details: see Alerts and Outbreaks Section).