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October 2009

Acute Watery Diarrhoea outbreak in Banadir

Central South Somalia on the verge of Cholera outbreaks
6 April 2009
 

WHO Somalia press release


Early Warning Alert and Response System (EWARS)

The Early Warning and Response System (EWARS) has been launched in Lower Shabelle since May 2008, and is now fully functioning in the region with 32 reporting sites throughout all 8 districts. The system is serving the detection and surveillance of epidemic prone diseases for which effective control and prevention is possible and available.

The Ministry of Health (MoH) and WHO have established a list of 22 priority diseases and have identified and trained reporting sources throughout the region. Reporting sources include hospitals, MCHs, Health Posts and functional MOH facilities. For the month between 19 July and 15 August 2008, a total of 10,931 health events under surveillance were reported, of which 14% were reported as diarrhoeal diseases, 13% acute respiratory infection (ARI), 4% injuries (INJ), 2% severe malnutrition (SMN) and 2% Malaria (MAL).
The expansion of EWARS and the coverage of morbidity and mortality will continue in other regions of central south Somalia.

 Morbidity Mortality Monthly Bulletin 2008

Since February 2009, the epidemiological information collected through EWARS is included in the monthly health cluster bulletin
 

Acute watery diarrhoea outbreak 2008

Acute watery diarrhoea outbreak 2007

Somaliland

 

Central South Somalia

 

Relevant publications

diarrheal diseases