South Sudan
Integrated Disease Surveillance and Response (IDSR)
Epidemiological Update W12 2018 (Mar 19- Mar 25) Major Epidemiological Developments W12 2018
• Completeness for IDSR reporting at county level was 74% . Completeness for EWARS reporting from IDP sites was 86% . ______• A total of 16 alerts were reported, of which 75% have been verified. 0 alerts were risk assessed and 0 required a response. ______• Rift Valley Fever outbreak - Yirol East with 43 suspect human cases including 6 confirmed; 3 probable; 19 non-cases; and 15 pending classification. Nine confirmed animal cases (cattle). ______• A new outbreak of Rubella confirmed in Juba county after 16 Rubella IgM positive cases were confirmed in March 2018. ______• In Torit, suspect meningitis continued to decline with no new cases in week 13 and the weekly attack rate remaining below the alert threshold in weeks 11 , 12, & 13. At least 173 suspect cases (31 deaths) reported. PCR sample testing revealed no definitive etiological pathogen. ______
2 Surveillance| IDSR surveillance indicators
• Completeness for IDSR reporting at county level was 74% in week 12 and cumulatively at 76% for 2018
• Timeliness for IDSR reporting at county level was 74% in week 12 and cumulatively at 74% for 2018
3 Surveillance| Trend in IDSR completeness
The graph shows completeness for weekly reporting at county level. The national average currently stands at 76%.
4 Surveillance| Maps of IDSR completeness by county
• Counties that submitted IDSR reports in W12 are shown in green in map 1a
• Counties that did not submit IDSR reports in W12 are shown in grey5 in map 1a Surveillance| EWARS surveillance indicators
Timeliness and completeness for EWARN/IDP reporting stands at 86% for week 12 while cumulatively, completeness and timeliness are 78% and 74% respectively for 2018
6 Alert| Alert performance indicators
A total of 16 alerts were reported in week 12 [majority from Bentiu hub]. 75% of the alerts in week 12 were verified; 0% were risk assessed and 0% required a response.
7 Alert| Event risk assessment
• During the week, measles and Malaria were the most frequent infectious hazards reported. 8 Alert by disease and county in W12 2018
Acute Watery • During week 12, a County Diarrhoea Bloody Diarrhoea EBS Measles Malaria Total Alerts total of 16 alerts Aweil East 1 1 were reported. Ezo 1 1 Juba 1 1 2 Lainya 1 1 • Measles and Leer 1 1 2 malaria were the Malakal 1 1 Mayendit 1 1 most frequently Mayom 1 1 reported Rubkona 1 1 conditions of the Rumbek East 1 1 Tonj North 1 1 week. UNKEA Mandeng PHCC 1 1 Maringindo PHCU 1 1 Nagero PHCC 1 1 Total Alerts 2 2 1 6 5 16
Alerts by hazard in week 11 and week 12, 2018
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15 26 10 16 Number of cases 5 6 2 6 2 1 4 6 6 4 5 0 Acute Watery Bloody Diarrhoea EBS Guinea Worm Measles Malaria Total alerts Diarrhoea
9 Cumulative alerts by disease for 2018
Number of Alerts by disease, South Sudan, week 1-12, 2018 n=217 alerts 60
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30 54 51 46 20 Number of alerts 28 10 3 3 8 10 10 0 EBS AFP Malaria Cholera Measles Diarrhoea Acute Watery Guinea Worm Bloody Diarrhoea Neonatal Tetanus
• The Figure shows the cumulative number of alerts triggered in 2018 by hazard and location.
10 Cumulative alerts for the top 20 counties for 2018
Cumulative alerts by county, week 1-12, 2018 Melut 1 IMC UNMISS PoC Clinic 1 IOM Cathedral IDP Camp … 1 Kuach PHCU 1 Aburoc PHCU 1 Twic 1 Uror 1 Ulang 1 Tonj South 1 Tonj East 1 Rumbek North 1 Renk 1 Mayom 1 Mayendit 1 Maridi 1 Manyo 1 Lopa Lafon 1 Ikotos 1 Gogrial West 1 Fashoda 1 Nagero 2 Wau 2 Mundri East 2 Leer 2 Kapoeta North 2 Ibba 2 Cueibet 2 Twic East 3 Terekeka 3 Rubkona 3 Malakal 3 Lainya 3 Bor 3 Ayod 3 Aweil West 3 Aweil East 3 Aweil South 4 Mundri West 4 Koch 4 Guit 4 Duk 4 Aweil North 4 Yirol West 5 Yambio 5 Ezo 5 Abyei 5 Tonj North 6 Tambura 6 Torit 10 Juba 14 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 Number of alerts7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15
• The Figures show the cumulative alerts triggered in 2018 by location
• Most alerts have been reported from Juba and Torit. 11 Cumulative alerts by risk assessment stage in 2018
County OUTCOME RISK_ASSESS VERIFICATION Total Alerts Acute Watery Diarrhoea 46 46 AFP 1 7 8 Bloody Diarrhoea 54 54 EBS 2 8 10 Guinea Worm 2 8 10 Neonatal Tetanus 2 1 3 Viral Haemorrhagic Fever 2 2 Yellow Fever 2 2 Measles 4 6 41 51 Cholera 3 3 Malaria 28 28 Total Alerts 8 9 200 217
• The Figures show the cumulative alerts by risk assessment state in 2018 • Of the 217 alerts reported in 2018; a total of 200 alerts are at verification stage; and the rest are at risk assessment stage (9 alerts); 8 at outcome stage. 12 Confirmed Outbreaks South Sudan – 2 April 2018
� Aweil East � Aweil Center � Jur River � Cueibet ®Yirol East
Measles � � Rubella � Juba Rift Valley Fever ®
13 Suspect Outbreaks South Sudan – 2 April 2018