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Malaria weekly Status - Uganda Week 27 1st July to 7th July 2019
Health Systems
Description
Reporting rate this week (83.5%) is slightly less than that reported the previous week, 2019W26 (84.9%) There was an increase in malaria morbidity this week. There were over 13,000 moremalaria cases this week (253,973) compared to 240,806 the previous week. About 7.8% (10/128) of districts reported <1 malaria case per 1,000 popula-tion. Compared to the previous week, there were 3 districts less. 32 districts reported >10 cases/1,000 population. Adjuma-ni and Moyo Districts reported >40 cases/1,000 population!�The number of malaria deaths were slightly lower this week compared to the previous week. There were 61 deaths this week, compared to 64 deaths last week. Kitgum and Nebbi Districts with 8 deaths each topped the districts�Five districts have less than three weeks of ACT stock. . Three other districts (Kiboga, PadrNabilatuk and Buliisa) had less than three weeks of mRDT stock.�23 districts have ACT stocks for more than 12 months, While 27 have RDT stocks of more than 12 months.�Reporting has generally improved over the weeks from most districts