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Afghanistan Disease Early Warning System Annual Report 2012

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General Info
Provider 
Ministry of Public Health (Afghanistan)
Tabulations only
Geography 
Afghanistan (AFG)
Coverage type 
Country
Time period covered 
01/2008 - 12/2012
Series or system 
Afghanistan Disease Early Warning System (DEWS)
Data type
Epi surveillance
Summary 

Afghanistan Disease Early Warning System Annual Report 2012 provides information on confirmed cases, suspected cases and outbreaks of priority diseases, as well as select injuries in Afghanistan during 2012. Information comes from Afghanistan's Disease Early Warning System (DEWS), which consists of 330 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, province, region, and district.

Keywords 
Burns, Cholera, Crime, Diarrhea, Diarrheal diseases, Diphtheria, 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, Scabies, Tetanus, Typhoid and paratyphoid fevers, Upper respiratory infections, Varicella, Whooping cough
GHDx Entry last modified on: Sep 15, 2021