Thursday 16 February 2017

PRO/EDR> Cholera, diarrhea & dysentery update (05): Africa, Asia

Cholera -- Somalia
The Somalia Ministry of Health reported 913 new suspected cases of cholera, including 10 deaths and a case-fatality rate of 1.1 percent during the past week [6 to 12 Feb 2017]. This brings the total since the beginning of 2017 to 4026 cumulative suspected cases of cholera including 57 deaths (case-fatality rate 1.5 percent). There has been a decrease in fatalities compared to last week (case-fatality rate 1.7 percent) indicating an improvement in patient care and overall response activities in

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