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South Sudan

South Sudan: Integrated Disease Surveillance and Response (IDSR) - Epidemiological Update, Week 35 (August 28 - September 3, 2017)

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Highlights W35 2017

Surveillance

Completeness for IDSR reporting at county level was 68%. Completeness for EWARS reporting from IDP sites was 81% .

Alert

A total of 23 alerts were reported, of which 39% have been verified. 1 alert was risk assessed and 0 required a response.

Response

A total of 0 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%)*.