warning 3 events B15-B19 • AFR

Acute hepatitis E in Chad

Acute hepatitis E has 3 WHO-tracked outbreak events in Chad between 2017 and 2024.

Acute hepatitis E · Chad · 3 WHO events across 3 calendar years (2017–2024).

Event log

Year DON ID ICD-10 ICD-11
2024 DON2869 B172 1E+50
2022 DON2712 B172 1E+50
2017 DON2297 B172 1E+50

Annual cadence

Year Events
2024 1
2022 1
2017 1

Most active year: 2024 with 1 event.
Quiet years with no events: 5.

Position within the disease

  • Chad is rank #1 of 7 for this disease.
  • The country sits in the WHO AFR region.
  • Last reported event: 2024 (2 years ago).

Regional peers (AFR)

6 countries in this region report this disease. Median event count: 1.

Country Events
Chad 3
South Sudan 2
Niger 1
Nigeria 1
Namibia 1
Burkina Faso 1

How this disease ranks among Chad’s threats

Acute hepatitis E is rank #6 of 12 diseases reported by Chad to the WHO. The full country profile is at the Chad Hub.

Reported symptoms (severity 1–7)

Symptom Severity
Coma 7
Nausea 5
Vomiting 5
Fatigue 4
Abdominal pain
Acute liver failure
Dark urine
High fever
Joint pain
Loss of appetite
Stomach bleeding
Yellowing of eyes
Yellowish skin

Outbreak Events

3

First Reported

2017

Latest Reported

2024

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Country

Chad • AFR