Highlights

Epidemiological week no. 18 (28 Apr to 4 May 2013)

• Measles: This week a total of 91 alerts investigated. 425 measles cases were reporting from 23 dis‐ tricts. Vitamin‐A drops provided to all the suspects and district health teams took action to improve vac‐ cination in affected areas.

• 66 districts and 1913 health facili‐ ties have reported to DEWS this week 18, compared with 65 dis‐ tricts with 1962 health facilities shared weekly data in week 17, 2013 to the Disease Early Warning System(DEWS).

Weekly Epidemiological Bulletin - Disease early warning system and response in Pakistan, Volume 4, Issue 17

This report has been prepared by the Gender and Child Cell (GCC) within the Provincial Disaster Management Authority of Balochistan (PDMA Balochistan). The GCC was established with the support of UN Women, the United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women, with the aim of incorporating gender in disaster risk reduction (DRR) efforts in the province. The report presents an analysis of the current situation of disaster risk management (DRM) in the province, with an emphasis on the gender-sensitivity or gender-awareness of institutions, processes and efforts.

Highlights

Epidemiological week no. 16 (14 to 20 Apr, 2013)

• Measles: This week a total of 29 alertsinvestigated,responding and monitoring 4 outbreaks. 131 mea‐ sles cases were reporting from 17 districts. Vitamin‐A drops provided to all the suspects and district health teams took action to im‐ prove vaccination in affected ar‐ eas.

• 68 districts and 1909 health facili‐ ties have reported to DEWS this week 16, compared with 67 dis‐ tricts with 1933 health facilities shared weekly data in week 15, 2013 to the Disease Early Warning System(DEWS).

From the Newspaper | Saleem Shahid

QUETTA, April 18: Bad condition of roads and dust storms are causing hindrance in transportation of relief goods to people affected by Tuesday’s earthquake in the border town of Mashkel.

According to official sources, several hundred personnel of the army, Frontier Corps and relief workers are taking part in the rescue and relief operations. They said the Balochistan government was using army helicopters to dispatch relief items, such as tents, blankets, food, potable water and medicines to affected areas.

Highlights

Epidemiological week no. 15 (7 to 13 Apr, 2013)

• Measles: This week a total of 41 alerts investigated, responding and monitoring to 3 outbreaks. 213 measles cases from 22 districts, while 7 deaths reported from 2 districts. Vitamin‐A drops provided to all the suspects and district health teams took action to im‐ prove vaccination in affected areas.

Link: Weekly Epidemiological Bulletin - Disease early warning system and response in Pakistan, Volume 4, Issue 15