Highlights
Number of reporting sites: One hundred seventeen (117) reporting sites (87% of the total EWARN reporting sites) including sixty-five (65) in internally displaced people’s (IDPs) camps, five (5) in refugee camps and forty-seven (47) mobile clinics submitted their weekly reports timely and completely.
Total number of consultations: 32 262 (Male=15 049 and Female=17 213) marking an increase of 11 656 since last week, Week 27 (20 606) due to increase in the number of the reporting sites.
Leading causes of morbidity in the camps: Acute respiratory tract infections (ARI) (n=11 999), acute diarrhea (AD) (n=2 753) and skin diseases (n=1 132) remained the leading causes of morbidity in all camps and displaced population areas served by mobile clinics during this reporting week.
Number of alerts: Three (3) alerts were generated through EWARN, and all of them were from IDPs camps during this reporting week. The alerts were investigated within 72 hours, of which two were verified as true and were further investigated and responded by the relevant health cluster partners. (Details: see Alerts and Outbreaks Section).