Weekly Epidemiological Bulletin Disease Early Warning System and Response in Pakistan
Weekly Bulletin Epidemiological Disease early warning system and response in Pakistan Volume 2, Issue 42, Monday 24 October, 2011 Highlights Priority diseases under surveillance Epidemiological week no. 42 (14 to 21 October, 2011) in DEWS Acute Flaccid Paralysis (AFP) • 79 districts and 2 agencies provided surveillance data to the DEWS this week from Acute Jaundice Syndrome (AJS) 2,551 health facilities. • A total of 886,224 consultations were reported through DEWS of which 210,475 (24%) Acute Respiratory Infections (Upper and Lower) (ARI) were acute respiratory infections (ARI), 80,944 (9%) were Skin disease, 73,343 (8%) were acute diarrhoea, and 68,059 (8%) were suspected Malaria. Acute Watery Diarrhoea (AWD)/ Suspected Cholera • A total of 145 alerts with 9 outbreaks were reported in week‐42, 2011: Altogether 56 Acute Bloody Diarrhoea (BD) alerts were for Dengue Fever, 27 for AWD, 19 for Measles, 14 for Neonatal tetanus, 11 for Leishmaniasis, 5 for Malaria, 4 for Pertussis, 2 each for Bloody diarrhoea and Diph‐ Other Acute Diarrhoeas (AD) theria, while 1 each for Acute jaundice syndrome, CCHF, Meningitis, Mumps and Food Suspected Viral Hemorrhagic poisoning . Fever (VHF) • National Polio Eradication Initiative reported fourteen new polio cases 7 from Sindh Suspected Malaria (Mal) (Thatta, Kamber and Karachi); 5 from FATA (Bajour, Waziristan South and Waziristan Suspected Measles (MS) st North), 2 from Balochistan (Quetta). As of 21 October, 2011, Pakistan has reported a Suspected Meningitis (MG) total 132 polio cases (130 type‐1 & 2 type‐3) from 41 districts/towns/tribal agencies/ Others areas. Figure‐1: Weekly trend of leading priority diseases in Pakistan, 29 July 2010 to 13 October 2011 (Epi week 31, 2010 to week 42, 2011) 35 AD BD ARI S.
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