Situation update on cholera in Somalia, October 2016

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Epidemic and pandemic-prone diseases

As of October 2016, a cumulative number of 13 728 acute watery diarrhoea/cholera cases and 496 (case–fatality rate 3.6%) deaths were reported in 25 districts. Of these 6 520 (47.5%) are women, while 7 968 (58.0%) are children below 5 years.
As shown in the EPI curve, there was a significant reduction (34%) in the number of cases reported from 164 cases and zero deaths in September to 108 cases and zero deaths in October.
Of the 108 cases of acute watery diarrhoea/cholera casesreported, 90 cases were from Banadir and 18 from Beledweyne.
One stool sample from a 19-year-old male from Banadir tested positive for Vibrio cholerae, serotype Inaba.
Since January 2016, the most affected districts are Banadir, Kismayo, Sakow, Bu’ale, Jowhar, Belet-Hawo and Jalalaqsi.