Is non-cholera diarrhoea worse than usual in North Waziristan?

Yes. Non-cholera diarrhoea in North Waziristan is 1 times its usual for these weeks.

64 cases a week, against a usual 49.

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Read from these four weekly reports by Field Epidemiology and Disease Surveillance Division, National Institutes of Health, Islamabad:

  • Week 36, 2026
  • Week 37, 2026
  • Week 38, 2026
  • Week 39, 2026
The 5 reports behind "usual"
  • Week 39, 2024
  • Week 36, 2025
  • Week 37, 2025
  • Week 38, 2025
  • Week 39, 2025

The publisher's own list of its weekly reports

How this is worked out. The last four weeks against the same four weeks of the two years before, for North Waziristan alone. What "usual" means.

When does non-cholera diarrhoea usually peak in North Waziristan?

Not enough weeks of reports from North Waziristan to show a season yet.

How does North Waziristan compare with the rest of Pakistan?

North Waziristan is 27th of the 80 districts with enough cases to compare, each against its own usual.

usual⅛×8×32×country 0.8×Abbottabad: 1.4×Badin: 1.8×Bajaur: 0.8×Bannu: 1.1×Barkhan: 0.8×Batagram: 1.5×Buner: 1.4×Chagai: 1.2×Charsadda: 1.4×Chitral Lower: 1.1×Chitral Upper: 1.2×D. I. Khan: 1.3×Dadu: 1.2×Lower Dir: 1.3×Upper Dir: 1.9×Ghotki: 1.3×Hangu: 2.0×Haripur: 1.3×Harnai: 1.5×Hyderabad: 1.3×Jacobabad: 0.8×Jaffarabad: 0.3×Jamshoro: 1.1×Jhal Magsi: 0.4×Kalat: 0.0×Kambar Shahdad Kot: 0.8×Central Karachi: 1.3×East Karachi: 0.9×Karachi Keamari: 1.3×Korangi Karachi: 1.2×Malir Karachi: 0.7×South Karachi: 1.3×West Karachi: 1.3×Karak: 1.5×Kashmore: 0.8×Kech: 1.0×Khairpur: 0.9×Kharan: 1.3×Khyber: 1.4×Killa Abdullah: 1.4×Kohat: 1.2×Kohistan Lower: 1.9×Kohistan Upper: 1.0×Kolai Palas Kohistan: 0.9×Lakki Marwat: 1.1×Larkana: 0.9×Lasbela: 1.2×Loralai: 1.5×Malakand: 1.7×Mansehra: 1.3×Mardan: 2.0×Mastung: 1.0×Matiari: 0.9×Mirpur Khas: 1.0×Nasirabad: 0.9×Naushahro Feroze: 0.8×North Waziristan: 1.3×Nowshera: 1.3×Nushki: 0.9×Peshawar: 1.5×Sanghar: 1.2×Shaheed Benazir Abad: 0.8×Shangla: 1.2×Shikarpur: 1.0×Sohbatpur: 0.8×South Waziristan (Lower): 1.9×South Waziristan (Upper): 0.4×Sujawal: 1.0×Sukkur: 1.0×Swabi: 1.8×Swat: 1.4×Tando Allahyar: 1.1×Tando Muhammad Khan: 0.9×Tank: 1.0×Tharparkar: 0.8×Thatta: 1.2×Tor Ghar: 1.7×Umer Kot: 1.1×Upper Kurram: 1.5×Usta Muhammad: 1.3×North Waziristan

Across Pakistan as a whole, non-cholera diarrhoea is at 0.8× its usual; in North Waziristan it is 1.3×.

What is non-cholera diarrhoea?

Diarrhoea means passing loose or watery poo three or more times a day. It is usually caused by germs in the gut, such as viruses, bacteria or parasites.

Signs
Frequent loose, watery poo. The main danger is losing too much water (dehydration): sunken eyes, strong thirst, restlessness, or being very sleepy.
How it spreads
Through food or water that has poo in it, or from person to person when hands are not washed.
How to protect yourself
Drink safe water, use clean toilets, wash hands with soap, and keep food clean. Breastfeed babies only for 6 months. The rotavirus vaccine protects children.
Get medical help
Give oral rehydration salts (ORS) and zinc and keep feeding. Get help fast for blood in poo, diarrhoea lasting two weeks, or a child who is very sleepy or cannot drink.

In Dooram's words, from the World Health Organization. Source: WHO fact sheet: Diarrhoeal disease, read 8 October 2026. General information, not medical advice.

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A reported case means someone reached a clinic and a form was filed, so these count reports, not everyone who was ill.

Sources. Field Epidemiology and Disease Surveillance Division, National Institutes of Health, Islamabad, weekly report. District maps: World Food Programme Spatial Data Infrastructure, published as a Common Operational Dataset by the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs.