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Ministry of Health Uganda: Weekly Epidemiological Bulletin week 4 (18th - 24th January 2016)

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Highlights of the week

  • Cholera outbreak in Sironko district continues

Completeness of Reporting

All the 112 districts reported with average reporting rate of 75% in week 4 2016. 47 districts (42%) achieved the national target of ≥80% of the health facilities reporting. 12 districts had all their facilities reporting. Kampala and Buvuma districts have continued to have reporting rates of less than 30%. The regional level performance as well as best districts and worst districts in week3 have been presented in Figures 1, 2 & 3. As shown in Figure 3, the number of districts with low reporting rates are on the decline whereas the number of top performing districts are significantly high.