Update 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.