This study explores whether infectious diseases increased after the 2009 flood in the flood-affected district. Methods: this is cross sectional study. Patient consultations recorded at all commune health centres in the period of nine months before and nine months after the 2009 flood were collected and analyzed. Results: the increase of patient consultations occurred rapidly after the flood and remained during the 3 months after flood. Numbers of consultations due to CDs in the affected district was 1.15 times higher than that in the non-affected district (OR=1.15; 95 percent CI: 1.10-1.20). The most common causes of seeking health care at the commune health centers include: respiratory tract infection (47.17 percent) Common cold/flu symptoms (19.07 percent), Gastro-intestinal symptoms (10.07 percent) and Acute respiratory infection (9.72 percent). More females than males seeking care at the CHCs was reported for both periods before and after the flood. Females accounted for 55.85 percent and 56.03 percent of total number of patient consultations due to communicable diseases (CDs).
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