Suspected outbreak of ILI in south Sudan

ABSTRACT

The Ministry of Health in southern Sudan, recently, reported an outbreak of suspected Influenza like Illness [ILI] from Ikotos County of Eastern Equatorial State. A total of 295 cases with no related death were reported between 23 June to 12 July 2010. Fourteen nasopharyngeal swabs have been collected and sent to CDC/KEMRI for laboratory confirmation. Most [almost 92%] of the cases were reported from the Ikotos town and the median age of the cases was 8 years with a range from 0 to 50 years. The MOH with support from WHO office in Juba, south Sudan has deployed additional health workers in the county for case management and to monitor the situation through active surveillance