Cases of meningitis have almost doubled – 12 districts reporting 267 in June as compared to 132 in 11 districts recorded in the preceding month, a Free and Fair Election Network (FAFEN) report said on Thursday.
FAFEN governance monitors visited 96 health offices in as many districts to collect statistics on diseases. The data shows that Upper Dir (69), Lahore (62) and Karachi East (53) were the highest reporting districts of meningitis in the reporting month.
On the other hand, the total disease burden went down by 29 percent in June (24,515 per district) as compared to May (34,565).
As many as 2,353,432 cases of various diseases were reported in the monitored month. Of these, 49 percent were cases of Respiratory Tract Infections (RTIs) with Punjab reporting about three-fourths of them.
Among diseases transmitted through mosquitoes, FAFEN monitors observed dengue and malaria. Like the preceding month, no case of dengue surfaced. However, 154 cases of malaria per district were registered as compared to 252 recorded in May.
In the viral diseases category, hepatitis (3,704) was most frequently reported although the number of such cases fell 32 percent – from last month’s 132 per district to 90 in June.
Similarly, measles also saw a 33 percent drop – from 30 cases per district last month to 21 in June.
Suspected AIDS fell by 39 percent (from 46 to 28). One polio case was reported in FATA.
As for cases of maternal, child and infant mortality, 149 mothers died in 35 districts due to pregnancy and delivery-related complications. May had seen 120 such deaths in 29 districts. The comparative per district cases remained unchanged.
