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Weekly Epidemiological Bulletin - Disease early warning system and response in Pakistan, Volume 5, Issue 22, Wednesday 4 June 2014

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Epidemiological week no. 22 (25 - 31 May 2014)

• Dengue fever: During this week, no Dengue fever lab confirmed case have been reported from any province.

• In this week, 69 out of 87 districts and 2,377 out of 2,700 health facilities have reported to Disease Early Warning System (DEWS), compared to 66 districts with 2,365 health facilities shared weekly data in week 21, 2014 to the DEWS.

• Total 969,449 patients consultations re‐ ported in week 22, 2014 as compared to 1,016,700 consultations in week 21, 2014.

• In this week, a total of 53 alerts generated and timely responded. Altogether 37 alerts were for Measles; 4 each for AWD and Leishmaniasis; 3 for CCHF; while 1 each for Naegleria Meningitis, Dengue fever, Diphthe‐ ria, Pertussis and NNT.

• 10 outbreaks were also identified and timely responded.