Afghanistan Disease Early Warning System Annual Report 2009
General Info
Coverage type
Country
Time period covered
January, 2007 - December, 2009
Data type
Epi surveillance
Summary
Afghanistan Disease Early Warning System Annual Report 2009 provides information on confirmed cases, suspected cases, and outbreaks of priority diseases in Afghanistan during 2009. Information comes from Afghanistan's Disease Early Warning System (DEWS), which consists of 177 sentinel sites, located in 34 provinces across Afghanistan. The report also includes information about the DEWS sentinel site locations, as well as the number of priority disease events per site. Data for select diseases are provided in graphs, tables and maps, and broken down by month, year, age group, and province.
Keywords
Cholera, Diarrhea, Diphtheria, Health facilities, Hepatitis, Hospitals, Incidence, Infants, Infectious diseases, Influenza, Lower respiratory infections, Malaria, Maternal mortality, Measles, Meningitis, Mortality, Neglected tropical diseases, Neonatal conditions, Paralysis, Tetanus, Typhoid and paratyphoid fevers, Upper respiratory infections, Varicella, Whooping cough
Citation
Publisher
Suggested citation
Afghanistan National Public Health Institute (ANPHI), World Health Organization (WHO). Afghanistan Disease Early Warning System Annual Report 2009. Kabul, Afghanistan: Ministry of Public Health (Afghanistan).