Disease pattern in quake area

Highlights from the WHO Weekly Morbidity and Mortality Report No. 4, 20 Dec 2005.
Source: Relief Web

- Between 17 November and 16 December 2005, 238,824 consultations including 33 deaths, were reported through the Disease Early Warning System (DEWS) from the earthquake affected districts.
- This week, 111 of the 154 reporting units (72%) reported a total of 62,522 consultations, including 2 deaths.
- The main causes for consultations this week are Acute Respiratory Infection (17%), Acute Watery Diarrhoea (6%), and injuries (5%), followed by Fever of Unexplained Origin (4%) and Bloody Diarrhoea (1%).
- A total of 4,164 acute watery diarrhoea (AWD) cases were reported with decrease in the number of reported cases compared to the previous week.
- Nine cases of clinically diagnosed meningitis reported. Of them 78% were under 5 years old.
- ARI continues to contribute significantly to the overall consultations in all reporting districts and is showing decrease compared with the previous week.
- One case of Tetanus and 1 case of AFP was reported from Mansehra district