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Libya: EWARN & Diseases Surveillance Bulletin 2018: Epidemiological Week: 14 Reporting Period: 02 April –08 April 2018
Number of reporting sites in week 14: One hundred and five (105) submitted their weekly reports
complete and in timely manner.
Total number of consultations in week 14: 43,707 marking an increase of 4,733 to last week consultation
of 48,440. The number of consultations for other disease this was week was 36,557.
Highlights
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Leading causes of morbidity in week 14: Acute Upper Respiratory Infections (AURI) (n=4389; 10.04% of
consultations number), Acute Lower Respiratory Infections (ALRI) (n=1552; 3.55%) and acute diarrhea
(AD) (n=1105; 2.53%) remained the leading causes of morbidity this reporting week.
Number of alerts in week 14: Twelve (12) alert were generated through EWARN. (details: see Alerts and
Outbreaks Section). The health authorities of each municipality have the capacity to respond to
outbreaks. The alerts were discussed with the focal person and respected surveillance officers of the
municipalities. (Details: see Alert and Outbreak Section).
NOTE: In all the figures below that represent trends, numbers from week 14 in 2018 were compared
to three different averages from 2017 representing the following:
The average value for epidemiological weeks 01 – 52 in 2017, representing the entirety of 2017.
The average value for epidemiological weeks 39 – 52 in 2017, representing the period of
reporting that followed the first EWARN training workshop in September of 2017.
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Morbidity Patterns:
During week 14, the proportions of AD and ALRI increased in comparison with the previous week as it
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Figure 2. Distribution of AURI, AD and ALRI in week 1 – 52 2017 and 14 2018
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Figure 3. Distribution of common disease by municipalities for week 14, 2018
Trend of pertussis:
In total 430 cases of suspected pertussis have been reported from EWARN sites this year. This week 26
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Figure 4. Distribution of suspected pertussis cases reported by week and by municipality week 14 2018.
Trend of Acute Upper Respiratory Infections
During week 14, a total of 4389 cases were reported (10.04 % of total consultations) and are summed up
in table 1 below:
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ALABYAR ALAJILAT ALBAIDA Aljaghboub ALJEMAIL ALJOFRAALKOBA ALKOFRA ALMARIJ ASHATI ASHATI EAST ASHATI WestBANIWALED BENGAZI DARNAH ESBEAA GARIAN GHATGhdames IGDABYA IMSALATA JALO KHOMS MEZDAHMISURATA MORZIG MRADA OUBARI Qasir Ben Ghashir REGDALINSABHA Sert SUBRATA SURMAN TARHUNA TAZIRBUTobruk TRAGHEN Tripoli YEFRIN ZAWIA ZELTONZENTAN ZLETIN ZWARA ALZAHRAA TRIPOLI central ALSWANIALAZIZIYA Souq Eljomaa NESMAA
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KHOMS 82 ASHATI EAST 89
MISURATA 186 Tobruk 5
MORZIG 73 Qasir Ben Ghashir 82
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Table 1. Summary of AURI cases by Municipality in week 14
Figure 5 below shows the trend of AURI cases in the period from week 01 2017 to week 14/2018
through the EWARN system. Moreover, Figure 6 shows the trend of AURI cases percentage from the
total consultations in the period between week 39 and week 14/2018.
The cumulative AURI during this year reached 68658 cases. Benghazi reported 15% of all cases (10087).
Trend of the disease showed peaks of over the past two months.
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Figure. 5 Distribution of AURI cases by week, week 1 – 52, 2017 and week 14, 2018.
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Figure.6 Distribution of AURI percentage by week, week 39 – 52, 2017 and 14, 2018
Trend of Acute Lower Respiratory Infection:
During week 14, a total of 1552 cases of acute lower respiratory infections were reported (3.55% of total
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ESBEAA 10 Table 2. Summary of ALRI cases by Municipality in week 14
Figure 7 below shows the trend of ALRI cases in the period from week 01 2017 to week 14/2018 through
the EWARN system. Moreover, Figure 8 shows the trend of ALRI cases percentage from the total
consultations in the period between week 39 and week 14/2018.
The cumulative ALRI during this year reached 19038 cases. Baniwaled reported 9% of all cases (1688).
Trend of the disease showed peaks of cases reported over the past two months.
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Figure. 7 Distribution of ALRI cases by week, week 1 – 52, 2017 and week 14, 2018.
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Figure.8 Distribution of ALRI percentage by week, week 39 – 52, 2017 and week 14, 2018
Trend of Acute Diarrhea
During week 14, a total of 1105 (2.53% of total consultations) cases of Acute Diarrhea were reported
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Table 3. Summary of AD cases by Municipality in week 14
Figure 5 below shows the trend of AD cases in the period from week 01 2017 to week 14/2018 through
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consultations in the period between week 39 and week 14/2018.
The cumulative AD during this year reached 16195 cases. Bengazi reported 19% of all cases (3074).
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Figure 9. Distribution of AD cases by week, week 1 – 52, 2017 and week 14, 2018.
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Figure 10. Distribution of AD percentage by week, week 39 – 52, 2017 and week 14, 2018
Trend of vaccine preventable diseases:
Durign week 14, 35 VPD cases was reported and they are summerised in the table below:
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Meningitis 4 Tripoli central (3) and Tobruk (1)
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Food Poisoning 4 0.01
Alerts & Outbreaks
Twelve (12) alerts were generated through EWARN following the case definition thresholds. All the alerts were notified to surveillance adminstration and local muncipality health offcials. No epidemic was resported during this period. (Details: see below table).
SN Alert Municipality No of Cases
Investigation and
Response within 48-72
hrs DOH/ WHO/ NGO
Sample Taken
Yes/No
Alerts Confirmed True/False
Public Health Interventions
Conducted
1 Pertussis Benghazi 3 No No DK No 2 Pertussis Imsalata 12 No No DK No 3 Pertussis Albaida 3 No No DK No 4 Pertussis Subrata 8 No No DK No 5 Leishmania Garian 3 Yes Clinical
Diagnosis Yes No
6 Leishmania Khoms 11 Yes Clinical Diagnosis
Yes No
7 Meningitis Tripoli central
3 Yes Yes DK No
8 AFP Bengazi 1 Yes Yes DK No 9 measles Sabha 2 Yes Yes DK No 10 measles Bengazi 1 Yes Yes DK No 11 measles Regdalin 1 Yes Yes DK No 12 BD Baniwaled 12 No No DK No
NCDC and WHO | EWARN & Diseases Surveillance Bulletin 14