General Overview
Reporting continues to improve: a total of 13/18 sites (72%) reported in week 11, two more than in week 10.
The second round of the oral cholera vaccine (OCV) vaccination campaign commenced in Mingkaman on 17 March and in Juba Tomping IDP camp on 18 March.
Measles cases were increased in Yida and Yuai.
Under-5 and crude mortality rates remain below the emergency threshold for the third week.
One suspected case of Acute Flaccid Paralysis (AFP) was detected among IDPs in Mingkaman (Awerial County) on 15 March. Stools have been sent for laboratory diagnosis.
The Ministry of Health IDSR reported no significant outbreaks in week 11.
Note: Due to clerical error, absolute counts of priority diseases were doubled in this past week’s Health Cluster meeting presentation (trends were accurate). The data have been corrected for this Bulletin
Note: As recommended in the Health Cluster Meeting, Acute Respiratory Infection (ARI) has been re-added to the disease trends analysis.