Re: Measles in Zimbabwe - 2009/2010

[Guest guest]

Sheri,

This is what I ran up against - in trying to do the research, there are no

accurate or consistent stats and it's not the kind of country that has the

proper infrastructure for good and accurate reporting!

Melinda C.

>

> when you google on deaths measles zimbabwe 2009

>

> you find all sorts of things - you see how hard it is to find the

> truth, true facts...............

>

>

http://apps.who.int/immunization_monitoring/en/globalsummary/timeseries/TSincide\

nceByCountry.cfm?C=ZWE

> REPORTED CASES IN Zimbabwe - do you think all are reported? do you

> think all that are reported, actually are

> how on earth in such countries is their accurate diagnosis, reporting,etc.

> If was vaccinated, often not diagnosed as measles, even if it is

>

> 2009 - 853 cases reported

> 2008 - none reported

> 2007 - 242 cases reported

>

> http://www.who.int/hac/crises/zwe/sitreps/24may_2june2010/en/index.html

> now they confuse the picture combining 2009 & 2010 (which I don't

> have final numbers for 2010 but have 853 cases reported for 2009, above)

>

> Measles Indicators

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> * Suspected Cases 8173

> * Confirmed cases 517

> * Community deaths 505

> * Institutional deaths 12

> * Districts with laboratory confirmed outbreaks 52

>

> NOTE! suspected cases 8173, confirmed cases 517 - quite different

> And community deaths - 505????????????? Institutional deaths - 12 =

> toatl of 517 - when confirmed number only 517? I guess they only

> confirmed the diagnosis of measles at death?

>

> Was anyone given Vitamin A?

>

> So everyone with a confirmed case of measles died? I don't think so

>

> And this

> https://www.who.int/hac/crises/zwe/zimbabwe_measles_proposal_march2010.pdf

> confuse the picture with an article about zimbabwe but then talk

> about the number of deaths in Africa

>

> we have this Estimated Measles Coverage, Zimbabwe 1980 to 2008 (which

> I assume means measles 'vaccine' coverage

> 3. CURRENT SITUATION

> In 2009, the reported routine measles coverage was 70%. (again I

> assume they mean 'vaccine' coverage)

>

> 4. RATIONALE

> " The erosion of livelihoods, food insecurity, rising malnutrition and

> the possibility

> of disease outbreaks such as cholera continue to put the already

> vulnerable population under distress "

>

> On this page they do talk about giving Vitamin A along with the

> vaccine -how about instead of the vaccine

>

> http://ec.europa.eu/echo/aid/sub_saharian/zimbabwe_en.htm

> From August 2008 to July 2009, a disastrous cholera outbreak offered

> further evidence of the state of a country in which basic services

> such as public health, water supply and sewage systems had largely

> collapsed. By the end of the epidemic, the disease had spread to all

> provinces with over 100,000 cases and 4,400 deaths.

>

> Major cholera outbreak and then measles follows? What did I say -

> contaminated water and malnutrition (and certainly parasites)

>

>

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