News tagged with cholera outbreak
Zimbabwe rations water to poor after typhoid spell
(AP) -- Zimbabwean authorities say they are making sure poor townships get uninterrupted water supplies after a typhoid outbreak, leaving wealthy areas with reduced supplies.
Jan 31, 2012 |
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Zimbabwe doctors report 800 typhoid cases
(AP) -- An independent doctors' group in Zimbabwe is reporting 800 cases of the bacterial disease typhoid in a recent outbreak.
Jan 29, 2012 |
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Spike in cholera cases in DR Congo: UN
Cholera cases have soared in the Democratic Republic of Congo in recent weeks, the UN said on Friday, bringing the number of people infected in the year-long outbreak to 22,000 with 584 deaths.
Jan 27, 2012 |
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Typhoid outbreak hits Zimbabwe
At least 90 people were admitted to hospital and over 600 affected in a typhoid outbreak in the Zimbabwean capital Harare, a health official said on Tuesday.
Jan 24, 2012 |
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New study: Cholera in Haiti tracked more rapidly by social media than traditional methods
Internet-based news and Twitter feeds were faster than traditional sources at detecting the onset and progression of the cholera epidemic in post-earthquake Haiti that has already killed more than 6500 people and sickened ...
Jan 09, 2012 |
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Haiti cholera death toll nears 7,000: expert
Nearly 7,000 people have now died from cholera in Haiti in an epidemic which has become one of the worst of recent decades, a top health official said Friday.
Jan 06, 2012 |
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Haiti group demands UN pay for cholera outbreak
(AP) -- A human rights group said Tuesday it has filed claims with the United Nations seeking damages on behalf of more than 5,000 Haitian cholera victims and their families.
Nov 09, 2011 |
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Diarrhoea outbreak kills seven children in Zimbabwe
At least seven children have died from a suspected diarrhoea outbreak which has affected over 6,000 children in two towns in Zimbabwe over the past week, a state newspaper said Sunday.
Oct 16, 2011 |
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West, central Africa in one of worst cholera epidemics: UN
The west and central Africa region is facing one of the worst cholera epidemics in its history, with over 85,000 cases reported leading to 2,466 deaths this year, the UN children's agency warned Tuesday.
Oct 11, 2011 |
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Cholera epidemic spreads in Central African Republic
A cholera epidemic in the Central African Republic has claimed 16 victims, a health ministry spokesman said Saturday, as another source said it had reached the capital.
Oct 08, 2011 |
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Mobile phone data help track populations during disasters
Mobile phone positioning data can be used to monitor population movements during disasters and outbreaks, according to a study published in this week's PLoS Medicine. The study, conducted by Linus Bengtsson and colleagues from t ...
Aug 30, 2011 |
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Scientists track source of Haitian cholera outbreak
Employing technology that reads the entire DNA code, researchers led by the Translational Genomics Research Institute (TGen) and the Technical University of Denmark (DTU) have pinpointed the source of a cholera outbreak in ...
Aug 23, 2011 |
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Cholera kills four, infects 400 in Burundi
Cholera has killed at least four people in an outbreak in the past three weeks in western Burundi, where more than 400 people are infected, a health ministry official said Monday.
Aug 22, 2011 |
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UN says cholera epidemic in Somalia
(AP) -- World Health Organization officials said Friday that famine-hit Somalia faces a cholera epidemic as dirty water and poor sanitation are leading to an increase in outbreaks of the disease.
Aug 12, 2011 |
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Study suggests UN force brought cholera to Haiti
(AP) -- Evidence "strongly suggests" that a United Nations peacekeeping mission brought a cholera strain to Haiti that has killed thousands of people, a study by a team of epidemiologists and physicians says.
Jun 30, 2011 |
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