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CholeraThis page contains recent news articles, when available, and an overview of Cholera but does not offer medical advice. You should contact your physician with regard to any health issues or concerns.An outbreak of cholera has killed nine persons at Nabardo village in Toro Local Government Area of Bauchi State, reports the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN). THISDAY, Zimbabwe: MSF Treating Patients During Cholera Outbreak - 16 Sep 2008 Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) is treating people affected by the recent cholera outbreak in the Zimbabwean town of Chitungwiza. Doctors Without Borders, Zimbabwe: UN agencies assist in fight against cholera outbreak - 16 Sep 2008 She said a lack of clean water for domestic use has helped to fuel the spread of cholera. In the affected area, sewer line blockages are common, UN News Centre Explosives-rigged bicycle kills 2 outside Baghdad - 16 Sep 2008 Also Tuesday, the Health Ministry said it has confirmed 77 cases of cholera since late August. The cholera outbreak, which has killed five people, The Associated Press MUK students to clean up Kampala suburbs - 16 Sep 2008 The long term health-awareness drive, codenamed ‘Cleanup Kampala,’ is intended to reduce major health risks like cholera, which are rampant during the rain New Vision, As temperatures increase, so will incidences of disease - 16 Sep 2008 Rising sea levels, warmer surface waters and floods also support waterborne diseases including schistosomiasis, cholera, E. coli, and other bacterial Indianapolis Star, Flooding facts - 16 Sep 2008 Fetid waters lying around for days or weeks have historically led to such fatal diseases as dysentery, cholera, typhus and malaria. Southtown Star, Namibia: State of Police Stations Deplorable, Says Iyambo - 16 Sep 2008 ..."When cholera breaks out, we say it comes from Angola. No ways, the cholera is coming from this sewage and not from Angola," Iyambo said. AllAfrica.com, Cholera Outbreak Spreading in Iraq - Sep 15, 2008 At least 1000 people have died as a result of the recent outbreak of cholera in Iraq, Iraqi members of parliament said. Nawzad Rifaat, chairman of AlterNet, Cholera Outbreak Claims 5 in Kano - Sep 14, 2008 No fewer than five people were feared dead as a result of an outbreak of cholera in some local government areas of Kano state. Though the disease is yet to THISDAY, UN: 4 new cholera cases confirmed in Iraq - Sep 12, 2008 BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraqi and UN officials say four cholera cases have been confirmed in Karbala, a holy Shiite city south of Baghdad that draws masses of The Associated Press Cholera outbreak spreads in Iraq - Sep 11, 2008 Babel, a central Iraqi province, is on alert after Iraqi authorities declared it a disaster zone marking the country's latest cholera outbreak. Aljazeera.net, Cholera continues to spread in the south - Sep 15, 2008 BAGHDAD (IRIN) - The Iraqi Ministry of Health continues to fight a recent outbreak of cholera as it spreads through Iraq's southern provinces, bringing the Electronic Iraq Iraqi Babil Official Demands Dismissing Health Director Over ... - Sep 15, 2008 Hasan al-Tufan, member of the Babil Governorate Council and head of the Services Committee, has said that "the number of infections with cholera has RedOrbit, Iraq cholera outbreak kills six - Sep 8, 2008 By Mike Sergeant A state of emergency has been declared in Iraq's Babil province after at least six people died from cholera. Cases have also been confirmed BBC News, Cholera sweeps Guinea Bissau - Sep 13, 2008 BISSAU - A cholera epidemic that erupted in May in Guinea-Bissau is reaching alarming proportions, with 120 people reported dead so far, public health The Times, Cholera claims 11 in Zim - Sep 11, 2008 Harare - The death toll in a cholera outbreak in a crowded township in crisis-hit Zimbabwe has risen to 11 since the beginning of the month, News24, No Threat of Cholera Outbreak in Bahrain - Sep 14, 2008 ...manama — Bahrain is safe from any potential outbreak of cholera thanks mainly to strict measures it has put in place, a health official said on Sunday. Khaleej Times, Stomach illnesses up in Pangasinan - Sep 14, 2008 Provincial administrator Rafael Baraan said the cholera cases reemerged after four years, when an outbreak hit the province. Inquirer.net, Cholera alert raised in Pangasinan - Sep 11, 2008 By Yolanda Sotelo-Fuertes DAGUPAN CITY – Fearing a repeat of the 2004 cholera epidemic in Pangasinan, health authorities in the province have been alerted Inquirer.net, Cholera claims 23 lives - Sep 12, 2008 The death toll from a cholera outbreak in Bungoma and Homabay districts has risen to 23. According to public health officers in the affected areas, Kenya Broadcasting Corporation, Cholera Kills Four in Tanzania's Mara Region, Daily News Says - Sep 11, 2008 11 (Bloomberg) -- Four people died of cholera Tanzania's northwestern Mara region this month, the Daily News reported, citing regional medical officer Bloomberg Twenty die of cholera in Iraq - Sep 10, 2008 HILLA, Iraq (AFP) — At least 20 people have died of cholera and hundreds more are suspected of suffering from the disease in the central Iraqi province of AFP Cholera kills 2 in Fallujah - Sep 13, 2008 BAGHDAD: Cholera has claimed the lives of two people in the Iraqi city of Fallujah, with another seven suffering from the disease and four more cases found Gulf Times, UNICEF boosts efforts to tackle cholera in Guinea-Bissau - Sep 8, 2008 8 (Xinhua) -- The UN Children's Fund (UNICEF) has stepped up its efforts to control an especially virulent outbreak of cholera in Guinea-Bissau, Xinhua, Cholera outbreaks: Residents cannot continue to suffer - Sep 12, 2008 The Combined Harare Residents Association (CHRA) continues to receive disturbing reports of Cholera and Diarrhea related illnesses and deaths from different Harare Tribune, Cholera epidemic rising in southern Nepal - Sep 13, 2008 KATHMANDU, Sep 12, 2008 (Xinhua via COMTEX News Network) -- Epidemic of cholera, pneumonia and fever has been rising among Saptakoshi flood victims due to ReliefWeb (press release), His opportunity became a town's - Sep 14, 2008 Wardak said he has about 20 patients, and that their primary problems are malaria, cholera and pneumonia. He said the clinic has one room, but he needs four Indianapolis Star, Cholera epidemic spreads in Guinea-Bissau, stable in Guinea: WHO - Sep 7, 2008 DAKAR (AFP) — A cholera epidemic which has claimed 90 lives to-date in Guinea Bissau, with more than 3900 people suffering from the disease, is spreading AFP 6350 cases of acute gastroenteritis recorded in Pangasinan - Sep 12, 2008 Of the number, 57 were confirmed as positive for cholera. However, Provincial Health Officer Jackson Soriano assured there is nothing to be alarmed with. GMA news.tv, Cholera breaks out in southern Zambia - Sep 6, 2008 6 (Xinhua) -- Cholera has broken out in Mazabukadistrict, southern Zambia, state media reported on Saturday. According to Zambian News and Information Xinhua, Cholera mitigation campaign launched in Nepal - Sep 4, 2008 5 (Xinhua) -- Guthi, a non-governmental organization in Nepal, launched a cholera mitigation campaign with a slogan of "Build Good Habit, Drink Pure Water" Xinhua, Cholera outbreak in Murshidabad - Sep 6, 2008 BEHRAMPORE : Around 70 people at Sidhar village under Suti-I block in Murshidabad are suffering from cholera for the last week or so. Times of India, Jordan: Iraqi cholera outbreak feared - Sep 11, 2008 11 (UPI) -- Jordanian authorities fearing a cholera outbreak say they have banned the entry of uncanned goods from Iraq for the next two months. United Press International UPDATE 1-Cholera breaks out among Pakistan displaced--ICRC - Sep 5, 2008 By Stephanie Nebehay GENEVA, Sept 5 (Reuters) - Cholera has broken out among some of up to 300000 people in northwestern Pakistan who have fled fighting Reuters India, Cholera leaves 11 dead in Harare - Sep 11, 2008 The cholera outbreak that has been raging across the city has so far killed 11 people, the ZANU-PF government revealed Thursday. Harare Tribune, Alarm as cholera kills five in district - Sep 5, 2008 By NATION Reporter (email the author) Five people have died of cholera in the Nandi East District in the last two weeks. Four of them died in Tindiret while Daily Nation, Government officials held for negligence over cholera outbreak - Sep 10, 2008 Baghdad - Three local government officials were arrested Wednesday on charges of neglecting to prevent a cholera outbreak in Babel province, police sources Earthtimes (press release), Cholera epidemic feared in Iraq - Sep 11, 2008 Twenty more deaths attributed to cholera, and 200 suspected cases, have sparked fears of an outbreak like that of 2007. By Spero News Twenty people have Spero News Kuwait bans food import from cholera-infested Iraq - Sep 11, 2008 ...health directed the customs administration to ban the import of some food items from Iraq following the outbreak of cholera in the neighboring country. RTT News, At Least Nine Die In Cholera Outbreak In Chitungwiza, Zimbabwe - Sep 4, 2008 By Jonga Kandemiiri An outbreak of cholera has claimed at least nine lives in Chitungwiza, Zimbabwe, and another 30 people have been admitted to the central Voice of America Heads must roll - Sep 14, 2008 THE outbreak of cholera in Chitungwiza early last week should serve as a wake up call to the country’s citizenry, guilty of not bringing pressure to bear on Financial Gazette, Cholera alert for Iran travellers - Sep 3, 2008 By GEOFFREY BEW BAHRAINIS travelling to Iran are being warned to take extra precautions following an outbreak of cholera. Four people have died and around Gulf Daily News, Cholera claims two lives in Nandi Hills - Sep 4, 2008 Two people have been reported dead and another admitted at the Nandi hills district hospital following an outbreak of cholera in the area. Kenya Broadcasting Corporation, Guinea-Bissau: Cholera epidemic - 110 dead and over 5000 cases - Sep 11, 2008 The toll continues to rise in a cholera outbreak since the end of May in Guinea Bissau. Based on the latest estimates of the United Nations Office for the ReliefWeb (press release), Cholera outbreak kills four in Iran - Aug 30, 2008 AP TEHRAN, Iran: Four people have died of cholera and another 100 are infected by an outbreak of the disease in Iran, a top health official said Saturday. International Herald Tribune, Report: Four die of cholera in Iran - Aug 30, 2008 30 (Xinhua) -- Iran's Deputy Health Minister Hassan Imami Razavi said here on Saturday that four people have died of cholera in Iran recently, the official Xinhua, Four die in Iran cholera outbreak - Aug 30, 2008 TEHRAN: A top Health Ministry official said four people had died of cholera and another 100 people had been infected by an outbreak raging through the Gulf Daily News, Iraqi child dies of cholera in S Iraq - Aug 28, 2008 28 (Xinhua) -- A three-year-old child was announced dead of cholera in the Maysan province in southern Iraq, raising fears of spreading the disease Xinhua, Zimbabwe: Cholera Outbreak - Sewer Pipeline Repairs Begin - Sep 9, 2008 ZINWA and Chitungwiza Municipality started repairing sewer pipelines yesterday following a cholera outbreak which claimed four lives and left more than 35 AllAfrica.com, : |
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