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Sudan reported 167 confirmed measles cases in week 18, as compared with 101 cases during the previous week (increasing trend). Since the beginning of the year, 4127 suspected measles cases reported, including 2336 confirmed cases.
The confirmed measles average attack rate in Sudan is 58.3 per million populations. The highest attack rate reported from West Darfur state; 499 per million populations and the lowest in South Kordofan state 1.2 per million populations The laboratory confirmed cases that show IgM positive for Measles are 546 (23.4%) and the epidemiologically linked to a lab confirmed cases are 1731 (76.6%)
The total number of outbreak affected localities remains the same, 32 localities in 14 states.
Total number of deaths caused by measles in 2015 is 35, with a Case Fatality Rate of 1.5% as per the end of week 18. This is a slight raise as compared with previous weeks (CFR: 1.2) mainly on the account of the increase in the number of death in East Darfur state.
Darfur Zone reported the highest measles care fatality rate, with 25 deaths out of total 35 deaths for the whole Sudan (71.4%). East Darfur,137 cases and 13 deaths (CFR: 9.5%), West Darfur 653 cases with 9 deaths (CFR: 1.4%), and North Darfur 186 cases with 3 deaths (CFR: 1.6%).
Sudan conducted the Phase 1 response immunization with measles vaccine started on 22nd April and was continued for 10 days, in 6 states and 28 first priority high risk localities