🔍Public Health Surveillance

Period: EFY 2018 | Epi-weeks 1–44 | Total Health Visits: 26,087,829

🟢 Data Quality and Reporting Rate

Goal: Monitor the reliability of the surveillance system.

Metric Performance Top Performing Zones
Overall Reporting Rate 95.3% 🏆 Woldia City: 99.9%
Public Hospitals 98.5% 🏆 Debre Birhan: 99.7%
Private Hospitals 99.9% 🏆 Bahir Dar: 98.9%
NGO Facilities 100.0% ⚠️ Lowest: North Gondar (84.5%)

Trend in health facilities reporting rate (completeness) trend by health facility type, Amhara Region, Ethiopia, EFY 2018.

🦟 Malaria Surveillance

High burden remains in Awi and South Gondar.

  • Total Cases: 1,226,536 (99.5% Confirmed)
  • Test Positivity Rate (TPR): 29.0% (from 4.2M tests)
  • Facility Deaths: 24 (0.31% of total hospital deaths)
Burden by Zone (Top 3) Cases
1. Awi 245,178
2. South Gondar 237,046
3. Central Gondar 129,774

Percentage of malaria case distribution by age, Amhara Region

Six-Year Trend of Malaria Cases (confirmed+clinical) by week and Year, Amhara Region Ethiopia

💉 Vaccine Preventable Diseases (VPDs)

Meningitis shows significantly higher mortality than Measles.

  • Measles: 2,260 cases | 1 Death | Highest Incidence: Debre Birhan
  • All-Cause Meningitis: 2,012 cases | 38 Deaths (CFR: 1.9%) | Highest Deaths: Woldia City
  • AFP & NNT: 283 AFP cases | 81 NNT cases

🐾 Zoonotic Diseases

Rabies exposure is a critical concern in Bahir Dar.

  • Human Rabies Exposure: 9,134 cases | 47 Deaths
    • Hotspot: Bahir Dar (2,056 exposures)
  • Anthrax: 1,320 cases | 7 Deaths
    • Hotspot: Wag Hemra (48.6% of all cases)

🧪 Chemical Event (Poisoning)

High Case Fatality Rate (CFR) requires immediate clinical intervention.

  • Total Cases: 5,453
  • Total Deaths: 370
  • CFR: 6.8% ⚠️ High Alert Status
  • Top Facility: Felege Hiwot SH (233 cases)

🥗 Population Vulnerability

  • Internal Displaced Persons (IDPs):510,672

Malnutrition burden concentrated in Wollo zones.

  • SAM Cases (<5): 72,514
  • SAM Deaths: 63 (CFR: 0.09%)
  • Highest Burden: South Wollo (11,201 cases) & North Wollo (10,264 cases).

🤰 Maternal & Perinatal Mortality Surveillance

  • Maternal Deaths: 262
    • Leading Zone: North Wollo (11.1% of all maternal deaths)
  • Perinatal Deaths: 3,532
    • Leading Zone: Awi (307 deaths)

🏥 Other Priority Diseases

  • Dysentery: 103,927 cases (South Wollo highest: 13,026)
  • Cholera: 1,531 cases | 8 Deaths
  • Leishmaniasis: 1,349 Cutaneous | 324 Visceral (West Gondar VL hotspot)