2024

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REPORTING PERIOD: FEB 10-16, 2024
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HIGHLIGHTS ● No new confirmed case reported● All contacts have completed 21 days follow up● Cumulative Case Fatality Rate (CFR): 30% (42/139)● One county currently in outbreak (countdown) SITUATIONAL CONTEXT Lassa fever is a major public health concern in Liberia and West Africa at large. To date, eight (8) out of thefifteen (15) counties (Bong,…

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REPORTING PERIOD: FEB 3-9, 2024
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HIGHLIGHTS ● No new confirmed case reported● All 27 contacts including 10 healthcare workers completed 21 days follow up● Cumulative Case Fatality Rate (CFR): 29% (32/110)● One county currently in outbreak (Countdown) SITUATIONAL CONTEXT Lassa fever is a major public health concern in Liberia and West Africa at large. To date, eight (8) out of…

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REPORTING PERIOD: JAN 27-FEB 2, 2024
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HIGHLIGHTS ● No new confirmed case reported● A total of 27 contacts including 10 healthcare workers under follow up● Cumulative Case Fatality Rate (CFR): 29% (32/110)● One county currently in outbreak SITUATIONAL CONTEXT Lassa fever is a major public health concern in Liberia and West Africa at large. To date, eight (8) out of thefifteen…

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REPORTING PERIOD: JAN 14 – 26, 2024
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HIGHLIGHTS ● No new confirmed case reported● A total of 34 contacts including 13 healthcare workers under follow up● Cumulative Case Fatality Rate (CFR): 29% (32/110)● Two counties currently in outbreak SITUATIONAL CONTEXT Lassa fever is a major public health concern in Liberia and West Africa at large. To date, eight (8) out of thefifteen…

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REPORTING PERIOD: JAN 13 – 20, 2024
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HIGHLIGHTS ● One (1) new confirmed case reported from Tappita District, Nimba County● A total of 24 contacts including 13 healthcare workers under follow up● Cumulative Case Fatality Rate (CFR): 29% (32/110)● Two counties currently in outbreak SITUATIONAL CONTEXT Lassa fever is a major public health concern in Liberia and West Africa at large. To…

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REPORTING PERIOD: JANUARY 1 – SEPTEMBER 28, 2024
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HIGHLIGHTS ● One new confirmed case reported from Montserrado County● Seventeen (17) new suspected cases reported (Bong-1, Grand Kru-1, Lofa-3, Montserrado-7, River Gee-5)● No death recorded SITUATIONAL CONTEXT Mpox is a zoonotic viral disease transmitted from animal to human, with symptoms lasting between 14 and 21 days. Severe cases occur more commonly among children and…

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REPORTING PERIOD: JANUARY 1 – SEPTEMBER 18, 2024
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HIGHLIGHTS ● One new confirmed case reported from Bong County● Thirty (30) new suspected cases were reported from nine counties (Bong – 6, Lofa – 6, Montserrado – 4, Grand Kru – 3, River Gee – 3, Grand Gedeh – 2, Maryland – 2, Nimba – 2, Sinoe – 2)● No death recorded SITUATIONAL CONTEXT…

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