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West & Central Africa Cholera 2019

Ronan Kelly

Retired 2020
Link to 2018 thread: https://flutrackers.com/forum/forum...aster/789317-west-central-africa-cholera-2018

Link to Cholera Platform: https://www.platefor.mywhc.ca/index.php/wac-platform

Week 8 update: http://plateformecholera.info/attachments/article/774/WCA Cholera_Update_W8_2019.pdf

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Comparison with previous years week 8.
Year // cases // fatalities
2019 // 1,438 // 59
2018 // 6,306 // 153
2017 // 5,181 // 125
2016 // 5,043 // 86 (to week 10)
2015 // 6,482 // 134 (to week 10)
2014 // 6,588 // 112 (to week 7)
 
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https://www.platefor.mywhc.ca/attachments/article/845/WCA Cholera_Update_W15-2019.pdf

Comment: There are at least 2 math errors in this report. The Congo total does not include the most recent week 388. Should read 8,761. The total suspected cases is not in any way close to the sum of the individual countries and should read 9,041. - Ro

Comparison with previous years.
Year // cases // fatalities
2019 // 9,041 // 238
2018 // 13,304 // 307 (week 16)
2017 // 9,920 // 321 (week 16)
2016 // 7,597 // 120 (to week 14)
2015 // 8,239 // 151 (to week 16)
2014 // 22,829 // 339 (to week 15)
 
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http://plateformecholera.info/attachments/article/852/WCA Cholera_Update_W17-2019.pdf

Comment: The WCAR total suspected cases is not in any way close to the sum of the individual countries and should read 9,881. - Ro

Comparison with previous years.
Year // cases // fatalities
2019 // 9,881 // 244
2018 // 14,400 // 331 (week 18)
2017 // 9,920 // 350 (week 18)
2016 // 9,826 // 190 (to week 18)
2015 // 8,239 // 151 (to week 16)
2014 // 27,949 // 377 (to week 19)
 
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http://plateformecholera.info/attach...e_W27-2019.pdf

WCAR total should read 14,562. Don't know why the math in this report is wrong week after week. - Ro

Comparison with previous years.
Year // cases // fatalities
2019 // 14,562 // 304
2018 // 21,016 // 562 (week 26)
2017 // 15,544 // 426 (week 26)
2016 // 13,314 // 310 (to week 26)
2015 // 10,054 // 204 (to week 26)
2014 // 35,764 // 563 (to week 27)
 
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http://plateformecholera.info/attachments/article/885/WCA Cholera_Update_W31_2019.pdf

More math errors - total cases have not been updated. Benin should read 22, Cameroon 269, Chad 17, Congo (RD) 14,480, Cote d'Ivoire 4, Liberia 76, Nigeria 1,177.
Lake Chad River Basin: 1,463; Congo River Basin: 14,480; Guinea Gulf & Mano River Basin: 102; WCAR total: 16,045 - Ro

Comparison with previous years.
Year // cases // fatalities
2019 // 16,045 // 337
2018 // 27,604 // 727 (week 30)
2017 // 19,730 // 435 (week 30)
2016 // 16,262 // 412 (to week 30)
2015 // 11,723 // 239 (to week 31)
2014 // 42,080 // 684 (to week 31)
 
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