Myanmar national influenza programme: influenza factsheet 2018

Influenza factsheet – Myanmar | 2020 Influenza factsheet 2018 MyanMar national Influenza Programme Basic information (2017) Total population (2017) 53 370 6091 Children <5 years 5 356 3002 Under-five mortality rate (2015) 503 Life expectancy (years at birth) (2015) 66.64 Provinces/Divisions/Regions 17 Districts 74 Total health expenditure as % of GDP (2016) 2.35 Income level (based on World Bank) Lower middle income Myanmar National Health Plan 2017-2021, Myanmar Census Data 1https://data.worldbank.org/country/myanmar 2https://www.themimu.info/sites/themimu.info/files/assessment_file_attachments/Presentation_on_the_Situation_of_Children_in_Myanmar_-_UNICEF_2016.pdf 3http://apps.who.int/gho/data/node.country.country-MMR 4http://www.who.int/gho/mortality_burden_disease/life_tables/en/ 5Monitoring Health in the Sustainable Development Goals 2017 Population pyramid (by age and sex) Source: https://population.un.org/wpp/Graphs/DemographicProfiles/ Influenza factsheet – MYANMAR | 2020 Influenza surveillance Surveillance systems System Site type System type Sample collection Sentinel Surveillance Sentinel ILI and SARI Yes Sentinel surveillance Surveillance system SARI ILI WHO2014 WHO2014 - - 7 7 8 8 All All Characteristics Case definition Target population (%) No. of districts (States/Regions) No. of sites Selection for sampling Reporting frequency Weekly Weekly Sentinel surveillance (virological) Yes Sentinel Yes 9 (367 samples/39 wks) Is virological surveillance conducted? Is it National or sentinel? Is epidemiological case information provided ? Weekly average no. of samples processed Are Samples collected from both surveillance systems? Yes Sentinel sites Influenza factsheet – Myanmar | 2020 National Influenza Centre (NIC) 1 2008 Yes 1/82 Number of NICs Year of establishing as a NIC Performing routine assays at NIC/national laboratory Percentage of laboratories with RT-PCR Detection of other respiratory virus by PCR Yes, By FilmArray Which ones? Adenovirus, Coronavirus 229E, Coronavirus HKU1, Coronavirus NL63, Coronavirus OC43, Human Metapneumovirus, Human Rhinovirus/ Enterovirus, Parainfluenza Virus 1, Parainfluenza Virus 2, Parainfluenza Virus 3, Parainfluenza Virus 4, Respiratory Syncytial Virus YesAvailability of a Quality control plan Sending samples to a WHO CC Yes NIID, Tokyo, JapanWhich WHO CC? How often ? Three times in 2018 Reporting Monthly surveillance bulletin Yes Yes Yes http://www.mohs.gov.mm/ Frequency of published national reports Does it include sentinel data? Integrated epidemiology & virological information Reporting through a website Website link Reporting to FluID No - Yes Regularity Reporting to FluNet Regularity Weekly in 2018 Myanmar 2018 number of specimens positive for influenza by subtype Influenza factsheet – MYANMAR | 2020 For technical information, please contact: Dr Pushpa Ranjan Wijesinghe, Programme Area Manager (Infectious Hazard Management). Email: wijesinghep@who.int Influenza vaccination No - - - - Is there a formal national seasonal influenza policy? Year of introduction Recommended risk groups Vaccination period Vaccination type Vaccine production capacity in 2014 - Pandemic preparedness Is there a national influenza preparedness plan? Yes Year developed 2006 Year updated 2017