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 382 cases of bloody diarrhoea reported in this week 39.
- Malaria cases decreased by less than 1% from week 38 (W38=496 & W39=493)
- Acute watery diarrhoea cases decreased 9% from week 38 (W38=7,783 & W39=7,373)
- Two suspected cases of Measles were reported from DHQ hospital, Mansehra district and three suspected cases reported form Rawalakot district.
- Two suspected cases of acute flaccid paralysis were reported from Mansehra district.