Afghanistan Disease Early Warning System Annual Report 2011
General Info
Coverage type
Country
Time period covered
January, 2008 - December, 2011
Data type
Epi surveillance
Summary
Afghanistan Disease Early Warning System Annual Report 2011 provides information on confirmed cases, suspected cases, and outbreaks of priority diseases, as well as pregnancy related deaths in Afghanistans during 2011. Information comes from Afghanistan's Disease Early Warning System (DEWS), which consists of 283 sentinel sites, located in 34 provinces across Afghanistan. The report also includes information about priority disease case definitions, and the DEWS sentinel site locations. Data for select diseases are provided in graphs and tables, and broken down by month, year, under-5 age group, and province.
Keywords
Burns, Cholera, Crime, Dengue, Dermatitis, Diarrhea, Diarrheal diseases, Diphtheria, Exposure to forces of nature, Food contamination, Health facilities, Hepatitis, Hospitals, Incidence, Infant mortality, Infants, Infectious diseases, Influenza, Injuries, Leishmaniasis, Lower respiratory infections, Malaria, Maternal mortality, Measles, Meningitis, Mortality, Mumps, Neglected tropical diseases, Neonatal conditions, Paralysis, Rabies, Road traffic injuries, Rubella, STDs, Scabies, 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 2011. Kabul, Afghanistan: Ministry of Public Health (Afghanistan).