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Cholera sweeps Kenya; 119 deaths reported

Sat, 05 Dec 2009 08:11:26 GMT

NAIROBI, Kenya — A cholera epidemic is sweeping across Kenya, with 4,700 cases reported in the past month and 119 deaths in what Kenyan officials are calling "one of the worst outbreaks in a decade."
Source: Denver Post

World Vision responding to Kenya cholera outbreak

Fri, 04 Dec 2009 22:05:38 GMT

Nairobi, December 4, 2009--Cholera is continuing to spread quickly in Kenya's northwest region of Turkana, World Vision said this week, with the areas of Katilia, Lokubae, Lokori, Kapedo and Morulem at great risk of infection following an outbreak of...
Source: Reuters Alert Net

Cholera Epidemic Follows Drought in Kenya

Fri, 04 Dec 2009 19:54:16 GMT

NAIROBI, Kenya A cholera epidemic is sweeping across Kenya, with 4,700 cases reported in the past month and 119 deaths.
Source: The New York Times

Useless to debate food's role in far west epidemic

Fri, 04 Dec 2009 08:07:39 GMT

Richard F. Ragan is the World Food Programme (WFP) Country Representative for Nepal. The charming 45-year old “almost professional” snowboarder is an adventurist at heart and claims his love for this country.
Source: Republica

Kenya: Cholera Deaths a Shame

Thu, 03 Dec 2009 21:54:25 GMT

Nairobi — It is a real shame that in this age of the fibre-optic cable and advances in locally-developed mobile phone applications that have been hailed the world over, Kenyans should be dying of cholera.
Source: AllAfrica.com

Troops Exposed to Nerve Agents the Basics

Thu, 03 Dec 2009 14:33:52 GMT

The Black Plague was carried throughout Europe and the medieval world by Crusaders. Small pox was spread to French and Indigenous Peoples of the Americas on army blankets given away as gifts of peace.
Source: Bella Online

Chirundu Border Post - Cleaner Entry, Exit Point

Thu, 03 Dec 2009 07:05:36 GMT

Published by the government of Zimbabwe Harare — IT is a cloudy Monday and haulage truck driver Benjie Manyemwe who is returning from the Democratic Republic of Congo pulls out of the last check point at Chirundu Border Post.
Source: AllAfrica.com

PNG: Oxfam responds to further cholera outbreak

Thu, 03 Dec 2009 06:22:48 GMT

International aid agency Oxfam has sent staff and emergency supplies to East Sepik province in Papua New Guinea, to help respond to a cholera outbreak that has so far reportedly killed six people and affected another 250.
Source: Relief Web

Quoted in 'News outlets examine cholera in Zimbabwe, Kenya'

Tue, 01 Dec 2009 05:12:11 GMT

said in News-Medical.net:

According to the United Nations, there have already been five cholera-related deaths and 116 people have been afflicted with the disease since September

Quoted in 'Updated WHO Data Finds Deaths Caused By Tainted Food Are Underestimated'

Thu, 12 Nov 2009 15:27:32 GMT

said in Medical News Today:

Older children and the elderly are especially vulnerable to severe illness from major food- and water-borne diseases such as salmonella, listeria, E. coli, Hepatitis A and cholera

Photo from Reuters Pictures

Mon, 06 Apr 2009 16:41:10 GMT

A woman helps her child who is suffering from cholera in a special ward at Budiriro Polyclinic in Harare, April 6, 2009. The world marks World Health Day on April 7.

Photo from Reuters Pictures

Mon, 06 Apr 2009 16:35:47 GMT

A boy suffering from cholera rests on a bed in a special ward at Budiriro Polyclinic in Harare, April 6, 2009. The world marks World Health Day on April 7.

Caramelo Caliente - La Cholera l Ecuador l Alta Calidad

Sun, 04 Jan 2009 02:07:57 GMT