Highlights
Epidemiological week no. 20 (13 to 19 May 2012)
• 86 districts have reported in week 20, 2012, Please see map.
• 2,137 health centres have reported to the Disease Early Warning System (DEWS) in week 20, 2012
• 790,282 patients’ consultations were reported over the week 20 compared to 756,457 consultations reported on week 19, 2012.
• Measles: 145 alerts investigated, responding to 10 outbreaks involving 272 measles cases. The most explosive outbreak is in Karachi.
• CCHF: 3 new cases including one death positive for CCHF from Quetta, bringing total to 11 cases and four deaths.
• Acute diarrhoea: Trend of acute diarrhoea in on the rise in all provinces. Districts in Sindh and Punjab are investigating alerts for acute watery diarrhoea/suspected cholera.
• No new polio case was reported in week 20, 2012.