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NATIONAL NOTIFIABLE DISEASE WEEKLY BULLETIN: 2018

The Notifiable Diseases analyses has been compiled from the Notifiable Disease Certificates received

from 112 public health facilities, 101 private health facilities and 2 private labs nationally. This report has

been compiled from 96% data from Epi Week 1 to 52, 2018 (public health facilities only). The following

division is congratulated for being the best division in NNDSS reporting for this period:

The Eastern division had the lowest rates of reporting at 94% for epi week 1 to 52, 2018 Similarly, the

Central division stands at 96% and Western division stands at 95% reporting for the same period in

2018.

HIU urges all divisions to improve their submissions and capture of notifiable diseases as the deadline

for receiving of all the notifiable diseases certificates is on a weekly basis. All outbreak situations still

require routine reporting on the Notifiable Disease Certificates. The HIU draws attention to the

timeliness of submissions which continues to require marked improvement from all health facilities.

The Public Health Act confers the responsibility of reporting notifiable diseases to medical practiitoners:

“Notification of infectious diseases

71. (1) When any person is suffering or has died from an infectious disease; any medical practitioner

attending or called in to visit such person, on diagnosing that such person suffers or has died from an

infectious disease, shall send at the prescribed times to the Permanent Secretary or to the medical

officer of health of the Division where such person is residing or has died, a notice signed by him in the

prescribed form containing such particulars as may be prescribed.

(2) Any medical practitioner required by this section to give a notice or certificate whether of sickness or

of death or of both sickness and death who fails to give the same shall be liable to a fine not exceeding

forty dollars.”

Notifiable Disease Certificates should be populated with all cases of notifiable diseases, both suspected

and lab confirmed cases. Please note that this edition contains some of the reports from the General

Practitioners – we congratulate these GPs for their initiative and their commitment towards CD

surveillance in the country:

Fiji Care Medical Centre – Suva, Hanson Building – Makoi, Rubina Medical Clinic – Nadera, Nasese

Medical Centre – Nasese, Nasinu Medical Centre – Nasinu, Riverside Medical – Navua, MIOT Pacific

NATIONAL NOTIFIABLE DISEASE SURVEILLANCE WEEKLY BULLETIN

Northern Division – 98% for Epi Week 1 to 52, 2018


Hospital, Al Shifa Medical Centre – Ba, Dr Y Raju’s Surgery - Lautoka, Polymedical Centre – Lautoka,

Sarada Medical Centre – Nadi, Sigatoka Medical Centre – Sigatoka, Wellcare Medical Centre – Ba,

Wellcare Medical Centre – Tavua and Smart Care Medical Centre - Ba.

Please note that all other GPs are yet to report notifiable diseases: All GP’s from the Northern division

have not reported on any notifiable diseases for the reporting period of 2018.

We also advise all practitioners to immediately report any case of suspected emerging infectious

disease to the Acting National Advisor Communicable Disease, Dr Aalisha Sahu-Khan, of the Ministry

of Health and Medical Services on or report any unusual cluster or unusual presentations/events on

the event based surveillance to Ms. Mere Taufa on 3323106.

National Summary:

The national alerts for this week is for Candidiasis and Fish Poisoning.

Divisional Summary:

Central Division: Alerts are for Candidiasis, Chicken Pox, Fish Poisoning and Pneumonia.

Western Division: Alerts are for Fish Poisoning and Gonorrhoea.

Northern Division: Alerts are for Chicken Pox, Conjunctivitis and Gonorrhoea.

Eastern Division: Alerts is Conjunctivitis, Dengue Fever and Gonorrhoea.

*All subdivisional alerts are highlighted for viewer information


1.0 NNDSS by Epi Weeks


2.0 NNDSS Divisional Comparison


3.0 NNDSS Sub Divisional Comparison


Contact the Health Information Unit for other analysis and queries on:

[email protected]

Compilation Team:

Compilation & Analysis of Bulletin : Ms Anjana Deo (Statistical Officer) & Dr Devina Nand (Director Epidemiology)

Please inform us if there are possible communicable disease events of unusual occurrence at your facilities so that proper

investigations may ensue.

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