Highlights
Number of reporting sites: One hundred and twenty-three (123) reporting sites (95% of the total EWARN reporting sites) including seventy-two (72) in internally displaced people’s (IDPs) camps, five (5) in refugee camps and forty-six (46) mobile clinics submitted their weekly reports timely and completely.
Total number of consultations: 38 125 (male=17 870 and female=20 255) marking an increase of 5 650 since last week.
Leading causes of morbidity in the camps: Acute respiratory tract infections (ARI) (n=13 790), acute diarrhea (AD) (n=2 844) and skin diseases (n=1 321) remained the leading causes of morbidity in all camps and displaced population areas served by mobile clinics during this reporting week.
Number of alerts: four (4) alerts were generated through EWARN. All these alerts were from IDPs camps during this reporting week. Alerts were investigated within 72 hours, of which two were verified as true and further investigated and responded by the relevant health cluster partners. (Details: see Alerts and Outbreaks Section).