South Sudan: Early Warning and Disease Surveillance Bulletin (IDP Camps and Settlements) Week 14 (30 March - 5 April 2015)
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Completeness for weekly reporting in week 14 of 2015 was 91% compared to 73% for the corresponding week of 2014.
ARI, malaria, AWD, ABD and suspect measles are the top causes of morbidity among IDPs.
During week 14 of 2015, ARI was the top cause of morbidity among IDPs and registered a proportionate morbidity of 17.4% and incidence of 46 cases per 10,000 population.
Fourty four new suspect measles cases were reported from Bentiu (42 cases) and Duk (2 case). A vaccination campaign has been completed in response to the measles outbreak in Bentiu PoC. At least 132 measles cases have been reported in Bentiu PoC since week 1 of 2015.
In week 14, three new HEV cases including one death were reported from Bentiu while Mingkaman reported one case. Hence the cumulative for HEV is 49 cases including one death (CFR 2%) in Bentiu and 141 cases including six deaths (CFR 4.3%) in Mingkaman.
The under-5 and crude mortality rates by IDP site were below the emergency threshold in week 14 of 2015.