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Epidemiological week no. 29 (13 - 19 July 2014)
• CCHF: During this week, 4 suspected CCHF cases with 3 deaths have been reported 2 cases were Punjab province, while 1 each from Balochistan and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa provinces; (1 out of 4 suspected cases be‐ longs to Afghanistan and were brought to Pakistan for treatment).
• In this week, 75 out of 87 districts and 2,976 out of 3,590 health facilities have reported to Disease Early Warning System (DEWS), compared to 75 districts with 2,981 health facilities shared weekly data in week 28, 2014.
• Total 1,098,835 patients consultations reported in week 29, 2014 as compared to 1,112,504 consultations in week 28, 2014.
• In this week, a total of 55 alerts generated and timely responded. Altogether 28 alerts were for Measles; 8 for NNT; 4 for CCHF; 2 each for AWD, Diphtheria and Typhoid fever; while 1 each for Dengue fever, Bloody diar‐ rhoea and Naegleria Meningitis.
• Three outbreak were also identified and timely responded.