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WHO EMRO Weekly Epidemiological Monitor: Volume 7, Issues 26 & 27 (6 July 2014)

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Disease surveillance system steps up in response to crisis in Iraq

As the current crisis in Iraq unfolds, health situation in the affected areas continues to deteriorate enhancing the risk of epidemics manifold. The Early Warning and Alert Response System (EWARN) for detecting outbreaks which have been set up in Kurdistan region in September 2013 for the Syrian refugees is being scaled up in view of this current epidemic threats.