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South Sudan

South Sudan: Integrated Disease Surveillance and Response (IDSR) - Epidemiological Update, Week 34 (August 21 - 27, 2017)

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Highlights W34 2017

Surveillance

Completeness for IDSR reporting at county level was 60%. Completeness for EWARS reporting from IDP sites was 73%.

Alert

A total of 19 alerts were reported, of which 16% have been verified. 0 alerts were risk assessed and 0 required a response.

Response

A total of 10 new cholera cases and 0 deaths (CFR 0.0%) were reported. The cumulative total since the start of the current outbreak on 18 June 2016 is 19,862 cases and 355 deaths (CFR 1.8%)*.