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2017 Malaria MW 1 - MW-18
2017 Malaria MW 1 - MW-18
Geographic Location
Most of the cases (Fig.3) were from the
following regions: Region IV-B (82%), Region 11
(7%), Region 12 (4%), Region IV-A (2%) and ARMM
(2%) while the remaining came from the rest of the
regions in the country. Palawan (Table 2) accounted 77
% of the reported cases followed by Davao del Norte
(7%) and Sultan Kudarat (6%).
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2017 27 62 67 47 59 52 46 36 13 3 2 16 6 16 8 19 20 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2016 69 54 84 57 1 57 181 84 106148 89 84 70 104116106216118148214188237394491315217210255263164144178238 85 66 143 94 59 56 86 94 111 97 107 77 106 58 37 77 79 52 38
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*NOTE: Case counts reported here do NOT represent the final number and are subject to change after inclusion of delayed reports and review of cases.
Data Source: 2016 & 2017 Cases-Philippine Integrated Disease Surveillance and Response & Phil. Malaria Information System Database
Malaria Surveillance Report January 1-May 6, 2017
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CARA
04B 11 12 ARMM 04A 7 9 3 10 NCR 1 5 6 CAR 2 8
GA
2017 410 37 20 8 8 4 3 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 0 0 0
Palawan reported 73% decreased in cases than last year (1532). Large proportion (35%) of reported
cases were from the municipality of Rizal , followed by Bataraza (21%), Brooke’s Point (23%) , and Balabac
(9%) while the remaining 12% came from the other municipalities in Palawan. In terms of change rate, the
municipality of Roxas (100%) had more cases than the same period last year while the city of Puerto Princesa,
municipalities of Balabac, Bataraza, Brooke’s Point Sofronio Española, Quezon, San Vicente Aborlan and Tatay
had lower reported cases (Fig 4).
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*NOTE: Case counts reported here do NOT represent the final number and are subject to change after inclusion of delayed reports and review of cases.
Data Source: 2016 & 2017 Cases-Philippine Integrated Disease Surveillance and Response & Phil. Malaria Information System Database
Malaria Surveillance Report January 1-May 6, 2017
Age Group
30-34 y/o
Palaw’an having the largest (66%) proportion of cases 25-29 y/o
followed by Molbog (12%) and Tagbanua (2%). The 20-24 y/o
15-19 y/o
tendency of IPs to live in mountainous areas in 10-14 y/o
5--9 y/o
connection to their livelihood put them at higher risk not 1-4 y/o
only of malaria exposure but as well as limited access <1 y/o
to health care. 60 40 20 0 20 40 60
Number of Cases
Malaria Parasite Distribution
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PALAWAN NON PALAWAN
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*NOTE: Case counts reported here do NOT represent the final number and are subject to change after inclusion of delayed reports and review of cases.
Data Source: 2016 & 2017 Cases-Philippine Integrated Disease Surveillance and Response & Phil. Malaria Information System Database
Malaria Surveillance Report January 1-May 6, 2017
Large proportion (43%) of cases with history of travel visited Table 3. Reported Malaria Cases by Case
Classification, Jan 1 to May 6,2017 , Philippines
endemic areas in the country such as Palawan while 34%
(N=501)
reported history of travel to malaria endemic
countries/territories such as Africa, Brazil, Papua New
Guinea, Sabah Malaysia and Solomon Island (Fig. 9).
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*NOTE: Case counts reported here do NOT represent the final number and are subject to change after inclusion of delayed reports and review of cases.
Data Source: 2016 & 2017 Cases-Philippine Integrated Disease Surveillance and Response & Phil. Malaria Information System Database
Malaria Surveillance Report January 1-May 6, 2017
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*NOTE: Case counts reported here do NOT represent the final number and are subject to change after inclusion of delayed reports and review of cases.
Data Source: 2016 & 2017 Cases-Philippine Integrated Disease Surveillance and Response & Phil. Malaria Information System Database