The Weekly Morbidity and Mortality Report (WMMR) is published by the Ministry of Health of Pakistan (MOH) and the World Health Organization (WHO). The WMMR is built on surveillance data that health service providers and NGOs transmit on a weekly basis from health facilities and hospitals in those areas affected by the earthquake that struck Pakistan on 8 October 2005.
The WMMR objectives are to monitor the trend of health conditions over a period of time and provide vital information to all health partners. The WMMR is only a snapshot of the health conditions in those facilities where events are registered and data collected and does not necessarily reflect the situation from other health facilities.
The WMMR is a publication that has been developed for emergencies and previously used in other areas such as the Darfur Crisis.
The WMMR is produced with the financial support of AAI Australia, Americares, CIDA, Denmark, DFID, ECHO, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Korea, Monaco, Norway, SIDA, Slovak Republic, Switzerland, Turkey, USAID
Highlights
- There were 376 cases of bloody diarrhoea reported in this week 36.
- Malaria cases decreased from week 35 (W35=741 & W36=490)
- Acute watery diarrhoea cases decreased from week 35 (W35=9,715 & W36=8,768)
- Three cases of acute watery diarrhoea were reported from DHQ hospital, Bagh district.
- Three suspected cases of measles reported from Bagh, Mansehra and Muzaffarabad districts. One case from each district.
- Four suspected cases of AFP were reported in this week 3 cases from Mansehra and 1 case reported from Bagh district.