4th edition (2024), Myanmar Acute Watery Diarrhea/ Cholera Outbreak External Situation Report
Myanmar: Acute Watery Diarrhea/Cholera Outbreak External Situation Report
25 September 2024
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Overview
This report summarizes the situation as of 23 September 2024.
Situation Overview
Yangon
•After 25 August 2024, no official data on AWD cases and deaths were shared publicly. WHO also has not received the relevant data.
•A total of 3 421 hospitalized cases of acute watery diarrhea (AWD) including 160 cases with severe dehydration were reported in Yangon Region from 24 June to 25 August 2024, by the ministerial authorities for health.
•Information from open sources suggests AWD cases are on the rise again in some townships such as Hlaingtharyar.
Rakhine
•According to the ministerial authorities for health, from 4 to 25 August 2024, a total of 235 hospitalized AWD cases including 63 cases with severe dehydration were reported in Sittwe, Rakhine.
WHO Team
South Europe Health Health Network
Editors
WHO/SEAR/WHE
Reference numbers
WHO Reference Number: mawdcoesr00425092024