Re: Cholera epidemic spreading in Somalia; At least 710 fatalities (Oct 3) - UNICEF; PressTV reporting 1,500 fatalities in Hiiran this week
Re: Cholera epidemic spreading in Somalia; At least 710 fatalities (Oct 3) - UNICEF; PressTV reporting 1,500 fatalities in Hiiran this week
Somalia ? Famine & Drought
Situation Report No. 21
8 November 2011
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During October, 5,794 cases of acute watery diarrhoea (AWD) were recorded in central and southern
Somalia, including 4,046 cases (and 127 related deaths) amongst children under 5 years of age. This
represents an increase from 5,591 cases in September, but remains lower than the 7,109 cases reported in
August. Most of the cases are concentrated in Banadir and the surrounding regions of Middle Shabelle,
Lower Shabelle, Bay and Lower Juba. In Banadir region alone, 2,984 cases were reported in October, an
increase from 2,526 cases reported in September.
Since January, a total of 53,775 cases have been
reported (including 39,377 children under the age of five), of which 795 resulted in deaths. In response,
health partners have recently provided one diarrhoea disease (DD) kit (each kit treats 300 severe cases of
adult AWD and 1,200 mild to moderate cases), one inter-agency emergency health kit, a trauma kit and a
reproductive health kit to Kismayo General Hospital in the Lower Juba region. A DD kit was also sent to the
Lower Shabelle region. In Bay region, medicines for AWD case management were provided and a cholera
treatment unit kit was dispatched to the mother and child health centre.
A total of 1,664 suspected measles cases were reported in October in Somalia?s central and southern
regions, including 1,293 cases among children under five years of age, and a total of 29 related deaths. This
is a 14 per cent decrease from September, which is due to the ongoing mass vaccination activities that have
reached more than 1 million children.
The number of malaria cases in October decreased by two per cent from September, with 2,692 cases
reported in central and southern regions, including 1,118 cases amongst children under five years of age,
and nine related deaths. The decrease is likely due to the indoor household spraying campaigns and
distribution of bed nets by health partners.
Some 12,989 cases of suspected pneumonia or acute respiratory infections (ARI), including 7,108 cases
involving children under 5 years of age, were recorded in October in Banadir, Lower Shabelle, Middle and
Lower Juba regions. ARI cases increased in October, up 28 per cent from the 10,151 reported cases in
September. This is most likely due to the increase in rains and cold weather, combined with poor shelter
conditions.
The exact number of deaths is unknown.
From the last week of October, Health Cluster partners report that more than 100 conflict-related injuries,
including 15 children under five years of age, have been reported in the Lower and Middle Juba regions
following on-going military action in the area. The number of deaths has not been established. In response, a
trauma kit that can support surgery for 100 people and one inter-agency emergency health kit with sufficient
medical supplies for 10,000 people for three months were dispatched to Kismayo hospital in the Lower Juba
region last week.
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http://reliefweb.int/sites/reliefwe.../OCHA Somalia Situation Report No. 21 (1).pdf
