Afghanistan Disease Early Warning System Plus Annual Report 2015
General Info
Coverage type
Country
Time period covered
January, 2015 - December, 2015
Data type
Epi surveillance
Summary
Afghanistan Disease Early Warning System Annual Report 2015 provides information on confirmed cases, suspected cases, and outbreaks of priority diseases in Afghanistan during 2015. Information comes from Afghanistan's Disease Early Warning System (DEWS), which consists of 386 sentinel sites, located 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, province, region, and district.
Keywords
Animal injuries, Cholera, Dengue, Dermatitis, Diarrhea, Diarrheal diseases, Diphtheria, Food contamination, Health facilities, Hepatitis, Hospitals, Incidence, Infant mortality, Infants, Infectious diseases, Leishmaniasis, Lower respiratory infections, Malaria, Maternal mortality, Measles, Meningitis, Mortality, Mumps, Neglected tropical diseases, Neonatal conditions, Paralysis, Rubella, 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 Plus Annual Report 2015. Kabul, Afghanistan: Ministry of Public Health (Afghanistan).