NavGeneral InfoEmail Print Provider Ministry of Public Health (Afghanistan)Tabulations only Geography Afghanistan (AFG) Coverage type Country Time period covered 01/2007 - 12/2008 Series or system Afghanistan Disease Early Warning System (DEWS) Data type Epi surveillance Summary Afghanistan Disease Early Warning System Annual Report 2008 provides information on confirmed and suspected cases of government designated priority diseases in Afghanistan during 2008. Information comes from Afghanistan's Disease Early Warning System (DEWS), which consists of 130 sentinel sites, located in 34 provinces across Afghanistan. The report also includes information about the DEWS sentinel site locations, as well as the number of priority disease events per site. Data for select diseases are provided in graphs, and broken down by week, month, and age group. Keywords Cholera, Diarrhea, Digestive diseases, Diphtheria, Food contamination, Health facilities, Hepatitis, Hospitals, Incidence, Infant mortality, Infants, Infectious diseases, Influenza, Lower respiratory infections, Malaria, Measles, Meningitis, Mortality, Mumps, Neglected tropical diseases, Patient counts, Rabies, Tetanus, Typhoid and paratyphoid fevers, Upper respiratory infections, Varicella, Whooping cough Citation Contributors World Health Organization (WHO) Afghanistan National Public Health Institute (ANPHI) Funders United States Agency for International Development (USAID) Publisher Ministry of Public Health (Afghanistan) Suggested citation Afghanistan National Public Health Institute (ANPHI), World Health Organization (WHO). Afghanistan Disease Early Warning System Annual Report 2008. Kabul, Afghanistan: Ministry of Public Health (Afghanistan). GHDx Entry last modified on: Nov 6, 2018