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Source: https://hornobserver.com/articles/550/Somalia-responds-swiftly-to-measles-outbreak-in-Jubaland-State
Somalia responds swiftly to measles outbreak in Jubaland State
Tuesday August 11, 2020 - 17:55:43 in Latest News by Super Admin
MOGADISHU (HORN OBSERVER) - The health system of any country needs a surveillance system that can collect information on and detect alerts of epidemic-prone diseases.
When a number of cases threatens to turn into an outbreak or epidemic, the surveillance system sounds an alarm that triggers a chain of immediate public health interventions.
Somalia's Early Warning and Alert Network (EWARN) is again proving its value as a real-time early warning disease alert system, as in June 2020, WHO was alerted to a possible measles outbreak in a camp for internally displaced people (IDPs) in Jubaland State and shared this information with the State Ministry of Health. On initial investigation, Somalia's EWARN system reported 11 cases of children with rashes and high-grade fever, typical symptoms of measles, in Kismayo.
Initial phase of outbreak response rolled out following field investigation
As soon as the alert was shared, a team from the WHO Somalia country office, the Ministry of Health in Kismayo, and Health Cluster1 partners took swift action to further verify and investigate the alert, confirm the diagnosis and develop an effective response plan in the event that the alert turned out to be a "true” outbreak.
Between 18 and 25 July 2020, a WHO team was deployed in Kismayo. Together with the Ministry of Health of Jubaland State and a local health partner, field investigations were carried out in the Dal-hiiska IDP camp, Warshada Hargaha IDP camp, Farjano, Gulwada, Shaqalaha sections, Kismayo General Hospital, and a number of health facilities...
Somalia responds swiftly to measles outbreak in Jubaland State
Tuesday August 11, 2020 - 17:55:43 in Latest News by Super Admin
MOGADISHU (HORN OBSERVER) - The health system of any country needs a surveillance system that can collect information on and detect alerts of epidemic-prone diseases.
When a number of cases threatens to turn into an outbreak or epidemic, the surveillance system sounds an alarm that triggers a chain of immediate public health interventions.
Somalia's Early Warning and Alert Network (EWARN) is again proving its value as a real-time early warning disease alert system, as in June 2020, WHO was alerted to a possible measles outbreak in a camp for internally displaced people (IDPs) in Jubaland State and shared this information with the State Ministry of Health. On initial investigation, Somalia's EWARN system reported 11 cases of children with rashes and high-grade fever, typical symptoms of measles, in Kismayo.
Initial phase of outbreak response rolled out following field investigation
As soon as the alert was shared, a team from the WHO Somalia country office, the Ministry of Health in Kismayo, and Health Cluster1 partners took swift action to further verify and investigate the alert, confirm the diagnosis and develop an effective response plan in the event that the alert turned out to be a "true” outbreak.
Between 18 and 25 July 2020, a WHO team was deployed in Kismayo. Together with the Ministry of Health of Jubaland State and a local health partner, field investigations were carried out in the Dal-hiiska IDP camp, Warshada Hargaha IDP camp, Farjano, Gulwada, Shaqalaha sections, Kismayo General Hospital, and a number of health facilities...