Background and Situation Overview
? The first case was detected on 22 August 2022 in Aleppo and confirmed on 25 August 2022.
? On 10 September 2022, the Syrian Ministry of Health (MOH) declared 15 cholera laboratory-confirmed cases in Aleppo governorate and one death.
? By the end of August, Acute Watery Diarrhoea (AWD) was extended to other governorates; Ar-Raqqa, and Deir-ez-Zor. Later in September, AWD cases were reported from new governorates in Al-Hasakeh, Latakia, Damascus, Hama, Homs, and Rural Damascus.
On 22 October 2022 cholera confirmed cases were reported by MoH in 13 governorates.
? As of 3 December 2022, a total of 9,610 AWD cases associated with 49 deaths (CFR=0.51) were reported by MoH and EWARS teams in 14 governorates, of which MoH reported 6 405 AWD cases and confirmed 1 587 cholera cases, while EWARS teams in NES reported 3 205 AWD cases; of which 195 were confirmed by the RDTs in Deir-ez-Zor, Ar-Raqqa, and Al-Hasakeh.
? In week 48, AWD cases decreased by 56.4% compared to the previous week, and cases were reported from one new sub-district, Talbbesh – Rastan in Homs.
Source: World Health Organization