Disease Early Warning System (DEWS)

Provinces	Badakhshan, Badghis, Baghlan, Balkh, Bamyan, Daykundi, Farah, Faryab, Ghazni, Ghor, Hilmand, Hirat, Jawzjan, Kabul, Kandahar, Kapisa, Khost, Kunar, Kunduz, Laghman, Logar, Nangarhar, Nimroz, Nuristan, Paktika, Paktya, Panjsher, Parwan, Samangan, Sari Pul, Takhar, Uruzgan, Wardak, Zabul
Program	Health (Increasing access of women and children to quality basic health services)
Dates	October 2006 - September 2010
Partner	World Health Organization
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Communicable disease accounts for 60-80% of all curative outpatient visits and over half of all deaths in Afghanistan.  Consequently, control of communicable disease is one of the highest priorities for the Ministry of Public Health (MoPH). In mid-2006, WHO, with USAID support, developed an expanded and active version of Disease Early Warning System (DEWS) for Afghanistan to reduce morbidity and mortality through early detection and response to disease outbreaks. DEWS is coordinated across a number of programs within the MoPH.

Information on 15 targeted communicable diseases, such as avian flu, measles, pertussis, acute respiratory infections (ARI), typhoid and malaria is collected on a weekly basis from 175 sentinel sites across all 34 provinces. The project also receives technical assistance and support from the USDA.

This activity is currently funded through the WHO Umbrella Grant.

 

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