Pakistan Epidemiological Bulletins 2014

[Ronan Kelly]

Re: Pakistan Epidemiological Bulletins 2014

Volume 5, Issue 43, Wednesday 29 October 2014

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Epidemiological week no. 43 (19 - 25 October 2014)
? In this week, 4 suspected CCHF cases were reported. 3 cases were from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, while 1 case reported from Balochistan province.
? In this week, 83 out of 87 districts and 2,747 out of 3,590 health facilities have reported to Disease Early Warning System (DEWS),
compared to 81 districts with 2,750 health facilities shared weekly data in week 42, 2014.
? A total of 1,107,894 patients consultations reported in this week 43, 2014.
? In this week, a total of 48 alerts generated and timely responded. Altogether 15 alerts were for Measles; 8 for NNT; 7 for CCHF; 6 for Diphtheria; 5 for Dengue fever; 2 each for Acute diarrhoea and Leishmaniasis; while 1 each for AWD, Typhoid and Scabies.
? 1 outbreak was also identified and timely responded.
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CCHF

Crimean Congo Haemorrhagic Fever (CCHF) cases are reported continuously from epidemiological week 8, 2014. So far total
138 suspected cases (66 laboratory confirmed) and 37 deaths (of these 20 laboratory confirmed) have been reported. Out of total
CCHF cases reported in Pakistan 41 cases (15 laboratory confirmed) and 8 deaths belong to Afghanistan.
The CCHF cases from Afghanistan are detected and reported from Quetta and Peshawar. The patients are referred for treatment
(mostly self referrals) to the Tertiary Care hospitals in both these cities. The list of CCHF cases with addresses shared with concerned
person at the Ministry of Public Health Afghanistan for preventive measures at community level.
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Distribution of Wild Polio Virus cases in Pakistan 2013 and 2014
In week 43 (19 ‐ 25 Oct 2014) ten new wild polio virus (WPV) cases were reported, four
from Federally Administered Tribal Areas (two from Khyber, one each from North Waziristan and
FR Bannu), one from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (Peshawar district), four from Sindh (two from Korangi
town, one each from Gadap town and Dadu district) and one from Balochistan (Zhob district). This
brings the total number of polio cases in 2014 to 220 (compared to 64 in 2013 till this time) from 29
districts/towns/tribal agencies/FR areas (compared to 19 in 2013 till this time).
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Malaria:
The Table and chart given below shows the Malaria Slide Positivity and Falciparum Ratio in week 43, 2014. Total number of Malaria cases tested in
this week is 4,570 out of which 547 were found positive; 288 for P. Vivax; 84 for P. Falciparum; while 175 for Mixed (SPR = 11.97%; F.R = 47.35%).
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[Ronan Kelly]

Re: Pakistan Epidemiological Bulletins 2014

Volume 5, Issue 45, Wednesday 12 November 2014

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Epidemiological week no. 45
(2 - 8 Nov 2014)
• 8 suspected CCHF cases including 1 death were reported from Balochistan province.
• In this week, 78 out of 87 districts and 2,679out of 3,590 health facilities have reportedto Disease Early Warning System (DEWS),
compared to 83 districts with 2,525 health facilities shared weekly data in week 44, 2014.
• A total of 788,892 patients consultations reported in this week 45, 2014.
• In this week, a total of 42 alerts generated and timely responded. Altogether 14 alerts were for Leishmaniasis; 9 for Diphtheria; 7
for Dengue fever; 3 each for CCHF, Acute diarrhoea and Measles; 2 for NNT; while 1 for Scabies.
• 1 outbreak was also identified and timely responded.
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CCHF
Crimean Congo Haemorrhagic Fever (CCHF) cases are reported continuously from epidemiological week 8, 2014. So far total
146 suspected cases (66 laboratory confirmed) and 39 deaths (of these 20 laboratory confirmed) have been reported. Out of total
CCHF cases reported in Pakistan 41 cases (15 laboratory confirmed) and 8 deaths belong to Afghanistan.
The CCHF cases from Afghanistan are detected and reported from Quetta and Peshawar. The ptients are referred for treatment
(mostly self referrals) to the Tertiary Care hospitals in both these cities. The list of CCHF cases with addresses shared with concerned
person at the Ministry of Public Health Afghanistan for preventive measures at community level.
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Distribution of Wild Polio Virus cases in Pakistan 2013 and 2014
In week 45 (2 - 8 Nov 2014) one new wild polio virus (WPV) case was reported
from Federally Administered Tribal Areas (Khyber agency). This brings the total number
of polio cases in 2014 to 236 (compared to 69 in 2013 till this time) from 30 districts/
towns/tribal agencies/FR areas (compared to 19 in 2013 till this time). Results are available
for 282 environmental samples collected this year so far, 92 (32&#37 of which were
positive for WPV-1.
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Malaria:
The Table and chart given below shows the Malaria Slide Positivity and Falciparum Ratio in week 45, 2014. Total number of Malaria cases tested in
this week is 3,444 out of which 376 were found positive; 192 for P. Vivax; 75 for P. Falciparum; while 109 for Mixed (SPR = 10.92%; F.R = 48.94%).
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[Ronan Kelly]

Re: Pakistan Epidemiological Bulletins 2014

Volume 5, Issue 46, Wednesday 19 November 2014

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Epidemiological week no. 46
(9 - 15 Nov 2014)
? 7 suspected CCHF cases were reported this week; 5 suspected CCHF cases were from Balochistan; while 2 cases including 1 death reported from Sindh province.
? In this week, 75 out of 87 districts and 2,685 out of 3,590 health facilities have reported to Disease Early Warning System (DEWS), compared to 78 districts with 2,679 health facilities shared weekly data in week 45, 2014.
? A total of 1,050,429 patients consultations reported in this week 46, 2014.
? In this week, a total of 31 alerts generated and timely responded. Altogether 6 alerts were for Measles; 5 each for CCHF, Dengue fever and Diphtheria; 4 for Leishmaniasis; 3 for NNT; while 1 each for AWD; Acute diarrhoea and Typhoid fever.
? 3 outbreaks were also identified and timely responded.

CCHF
Crimean Congo Haemorrhagic Fever (CCHF) cases are reported continuously from epidemiological week 8, 2014. So far total
148 suspected cases (68 laboratory confirmed) and 40 deaths (of these 21 laboratory confirmed) have been reported. Out of total
CCHF cases reported in Pakistan, 41 cases (15 laboratory confirmed) and 8 deaths belong to Afghanistan.
The CCHF cases from Afghanistan are detected and reported from Quetta and Peshawar. The patients are referred for treatment
(mostly self referrals) to the Tertiary Care hospitals in both these cities. The list of CCHF cases with addresses shared with concerned
person at the Ministry of Public Health Afghanistan for preventave measures at community level.
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Distribution of Wild Polio Virus cases in Pakistan 2013 and 2014
In week 46 (9 ‐ 15 Nov 2014) , ten new wild polio virus (WPV) cases were reported,
six from Federally Administered Tribal Areas (five from Khyber and one from South Waziristan
Agencies), two from Sindh (One each from Bin Qasim Town and Badin district), one from Balochistan
(Killa Abdullah district) and one from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (Mardan district). This
brings the total number of polio cases in 2014 to 246 (compared to 74 in 2013 till this tome)
from 31 districts/towns/tribal agencies/FR areas (compared to 20 in 2013 till this time).
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Malaria:
The Table and chart given below shows the Malaria Slide Positivity and Falciparum Ratio in week 46, 2014. Total number of Malaria cases tested in
this week is 3,796 out of which 341 were found positive; 242 for P. Vivax; 54 for P. Falciparum; while 45 for Mixed (SPR = 8.98%; F.R = 29.03%).
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[Ronan Kelly]

Re: Pakistan Epidemiological Bulletins 2014

Volume 5, Issue 48, Wednesday 3 December 2014

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Epidemiological week no. 48
(23 - 29 Nov 2014)
? 3 suspected CCHF cases were reported this week from Balochistan province.
? In this week, 75 out of 87 districts and 2,777 out of 3,590 health facili􀆟es have reported to Disease Early Warning System (DEWS), compared to 77 districts with 2,646 health facilities shared weekly data in week 47,
2014.
? A total of 1,132,033 patients consultations reported in this week 48, 2014.
? In this week, a total of 26 alerts generated and timely responded. Altogether 7 alerts were for Measles; 6 each for Leishmaniasis
and Diphtheria; 2 each for CCHF, Dengue fever and ARI; while 1 for Acute diarrhoea.
? 3 outbreaks were also identified and timely responded.
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CCHF
Crimean Congo Haemorrhagic Fever (CCHF) cases are reported continuously from epidemiological week 8, 2014. So far total
154 suspected cases (69 laboratory confirmed) and 40 deaths (of these 21 laboratory confirmed) have been reported. Out of total
CCHF cases reported in Pakistan, 41 cases (15 laboratory confirmed) and 8 deaths belong to Afghanistan.
The CCHF cases from Afghanistan are detected and reported from Quetta and Peshawar. The patients are referred for treatment
(mostly self referrals) to the Tertiary Care hospitals in both these cities. The list of CCHF cases with addresses shared with concerned
person at the Ministry of Public Health Afghanistan for preventative measures at community level.
...
Distribution of Wild Polio Virus cases in Pakistan 2013 and 2014
In week 48 (23 - 29 Nov 2014), eight new wild polio virus (WPV) cases were
reported, five from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (two each from Tank & Peshawar and one from
Swat districts); two from Balochistan (one each from Kila Abdullah, and Kila Saifullah
districts), and one from Sindh (Shikarpur district). This brings the total number of polio
cases in 2014 to 268 (compared to 75 in 2013 till this time) from 36 districts/towns/tribal
agencies/FR areas (compared to 20 in 2013 till this time).
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Malaria:
The Table and chart given below shows the Malaria Slide Positivity and Falciparum Ratio in week 48, 2014. Total number of Malaria cases tested in
this week is 7,289 out of which 279 were found positive; 166 for P. Vivax; 76 for P. Falciparum; while 37 for Mixed (SPR = 3.83%; F.R = 40.50%).
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