Bangladesh: Epidemiological Highlights Week 3 (13-19 January 2020)

Highlights:

• 1 AWD RDT positive case reported from host community Teknaf in week 3

• Bloody diarrhoea cluster reported from camp 12 in week 3

  • Mild illness in children

  • Aetiology unknown – stool samples requested

• Measles Outbreak Response Immunization going on the camp from January 12 to February 12, 2020 and target age group is 6 month to < 10 year in the camp population

• 2nd dose OCV campaign ongoing in the Host Community from 19 January -8 February, 2020 and Proposed date for the camps 15-20 February, 2020

• Acute respiratory infection (ARI), diarrheal diseases & unexplained fever are the diseases with highest proportional morbidity in last week. These syndromic conditions remained relatively the same within this week