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Iraq: Iraq: EWARN & Disease Surveillance Bulletin | 2015 Epidemiological Week 29 | Reporting Period: 13—19 July , 2015)

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Source: World Health Organization
Country: Iraq

Highlights

  • Number of reporting sites: (54) reporting sites including thirty-five Internally Displaced People’s (IDP) camps, eight refugee camps and elven mobile clinics submitted their weekly reports timely and completely.

  • Total number of consultations: 12,578 (male=5,991 and female=6,587) marking a decrease of 4270 (15%) in comparison with last week.

  • Leading causes of morbidity in the camps: Acute Respiratory tract Infections (ARI) (n=3766), Acute Diarrhea (AD) (n=1,023) and skin diseases (n=482) remained the leading causes of morbidity in all the reporting health facilities this week.

  • Number of alerts: Five (5) alerts were generated; all of them were from IDP camps. This week alerts were verified as false for further investigation and appropriate response by the Governorates Departments of Health, WHO and the relevant health cluster partner. Four alerts did not follow the case definition thresholds. (Details: see Alert and Outbreak Section)


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