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Somalia: Early Warning Disease Surveillance and Response Bulletin - 2018 Epidemiological Week 41 (8 - 14 October 2018)

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Highlights

• A total of 342 (78%) health facilities across Somalia submitted weekly in week 41.

• A total of 7,074 alerts of which 21 were confirmed as true were received in week 41,

• Cholera alerts were received in Banadir regions in IDPs and verification is under way

• Measles alerts were received from various regions, verification on going.

Completeness of reporting

• The overall of completeness of reporting was 78% (342 out of 440 active health facilities in EWARN) have reported in this week.