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Iraq: EWARN & Disease Surveillance Bulletin | 2017 Epidemiological Week: 3 | Reporting Period: 16 – 22 Jan, 2017

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  • Number of reporting sites in Week 3 : (190) reporting sites (96% of the total EWARN reporting sites) includiing (107) sites in internally displaced people’s (IDPs) camps, (7) sites in refugee camps and (70) mobile clinics and (6) hospitals submitted their weekly reports timely and completely.
  • Total number of consultations in Week 3: 115,392 (Male=50,864 and Female=44,271 for the reporting com- municable diseases) marking an increase of 19,580 since last week, (Total consultations in Week 02: 95,812).
  • Leading causes of morbidity in the camps in Week 3: Acute respiratory tract infections (ARI) (n=42,623), acute diarrhea (AD) (n=3,737) and skin diseases (n=1473) remained the leading causes of morbidity in all camps and displaced population areas served by health clinics during this reporting week.
  • Number of alerts in Week 3: (4) alerts were generated through EWARN. all the alerts were reported from IDPs camps during this week. The alerts were investigated within 72 hours, of which one verified as true, They were respond- ed to by the relevant health cluster partners. (Details: see Alerts and Outbreaks Section).