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Update on the cholera situation in Somalia, September 2016

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Cholera_in_Somalia_update_for_September_2016Cholera situation in Somalia, September 2016 updateUpdate on the cholera situation in Somalia, September 2016

  • As of September 2016, a cumulative number of 13 598 acute watery diarrhoea/cholera cases and 497 (case–fatality rate 3.64%) deaths have been reported in 25 districts. Of these, 6452 (47.5%) were women and 7 884 (57.9%) were children under 5 years of age.
  • As shown in the EPI curve, there was a 56% reduction in the number of cases reported, from 380 cases to 164 cases and zero deaths in September 2016.
  • Only 27 cases of acute watery diarrhoea/cholera were reported during week 38–19 cases from the Banadir region, 8 from Beletweyne district. There were no acute watery diarrhoea/cholera cases reported in other places.
  • Of the 10 stool samples collected from Banadir hospital in September, all of them tested negative forVibrio cholerae.
  • Since January 2016, the most aected areas have been Mogadishu, Kismayo, Sakow, Bu'ale, Jowhar, Belethawo and Jalalaqsi.

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