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Afghanistan Disease Early Warning System Plus Annual Report 2015

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General Info
Provider 
Ministry of Public Health (Afghanistan)
Tabulations only
Geography 
Afghanistan (AFG)
Coverage type 
Country
Time period covered 
01/2015 - 12/2015
Series or system 
Afghanistan Disease Early Warning System (DEWS)
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
GHDx Entry last modified on: Sep 26, 2024