Somalia Weekly Epidemiological Reports on Disease Outbreaks

Weekly reports from the Ministry of Health and WHO Country Office for Somalia, last updated April 2026. The dataset includes indicators for acute diarrhoeal, suspected measles, suspected malaria, SARI, and suspected cholera cases. Files are available in XLSX and PDF formats under a CC-BY-4.0 license.

Use Cases

• Track weekly trends of acute diarrhoeal cases based on the reported indicator.
• Monitor suspected measles outbreaks based on the reported case counts.
• Analyze seasonal patterns of suspected malaria cases based on the weekly data.
• Assess Severe Acute Respiratory Infection (SARI) activity based on the reported cases.
• Model suspected cholera case incidence for outbreak preparedness based on the indicator.

Strengths

• Provides weekly temporal resolution for tracking disease dynamics.
• Includes multiple key disease indicators such as acute diarrhoea, measles, malaria, SARI, and cholera.
• Data is sourced from authoritative public health institutions (Ministry of Health and WHO).
• Available in both tabular (XLSX) and document (PDF) formats for different analysis needs.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.

Provenance

Source

Somalia Ministry of Health and WHO Country Office.

Collection Method

Likely compiled from health facility and surveillance system reports.

Time Range

Weekly coverage; specific date range is not provided in the metadata.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-17 18:50:49.206379; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Somalia.