Somalia: Early Warning Disease Surveillance and Response Bulletin - 2018 Epidemiological Week 39 (24 - 30 September 2018)
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Highlights
• A total of 325 (75%) health facilities across Somalia submitted weekly reports of epidemicprone diseases in the electronic early warning alert and response network (EWARN) system in week 39.
• A total of 6,306 alerts were received in week 39, 24 of these alerts were confirmed as true.
• New cholera alerts (29) where received in Banadir regions in selected IDPs and verification is under way. The cholera alerts in Mataban district of Hir-Shabelle state were false
Completeness of reporting
• The overall of completeness of reporting was 75% (325 out of 432 active health facilities in EWARN) have reported in this week