Profile of Suspected Cholera Patients during May – November 2017 in Sanaa City Secondary Analysis

What is it about?

The Yemen’s Ministry of Public Health and Population (MoPH&P) confirmed a cholera outbreak in Sana’a city Governorate in October 2016. Subsequently, the outbreak spread too close to 165 districts in 16 governorates by the end of December 2016. The trend of the cholera outbreak and case-fatality rate then declined during the period January to March, with the number of districts reporting suspected cholera cases dropping to 25. The decline in the epidemic curve could be partly attributed to the health and WASH interventions. A total of 24,504 suspected cases, including 143 associated deaths

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Why is it important?

A total of 92995 suspected cholera patients were included in the study whereas the average age of study subjects was 22.7 years where standard deviation (SD) 18.8 most affected age groups were (15-29),(5-14),(<5) the predominant of the study subjects from Sanaa city (96%) from Ma'ain, Bani-Alhareth, AND Al-Sabain districts Most cases are reported from DTCs (59300), ORCs (29547) Cases starts to appear in week 17 reaches a peak in weeks 24,25 and then slowly decreases. 155 suspected cholera cases were culture positives.

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