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Vanuatu

Vanuatu Syndromic Surveillance Bulletin Week 29: 16th - 22nd July 2018

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Total number of consultations and reporting rate:

There is an increased in total consultation from 660 consultation in epiweek 28 to 1332 consultation in epiweek 29, with increased reporting rate from 25% in Epiweek 28 to 64% in epiweek 29 from the sentinel sites.

Changes from previous week:

There is decreased in reported cases of Prolonged fever and increased in reported cases of Influenza like illness and Watery Diarrhoea and no changes in reported cases of acute fever and rash in epiweek 29.

Based on the syndromic report genetrated from the 7 sentinel sites in epiweek 29, none of the syndromes has been flagged.With this slight changes based on the recommended threshold analysis, Lenakel hospital reported 7 cases of chicken box infection, 1 Yaws case, Vaemali reported 2 positive cases of Malaria and Utas health centre reported 1 case of mumps. The syndromic surveillance team will continue further investigations and ensure all are aware of the situation and ensure high quality of reporting.