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  1. Right now we are working with the Ministry of Health in emergency preparedness against any cholera outbreak and we are also involved in other activities
    SOURCE: AllAfrica.com 1 month ago
  2. You can get something like cholera. You can have jaundice. There are infections like typhoid fever, which are all part of water-borne infections in this part of the world.
    SOURCE: CNN 1 month ago
  3. What we are looking at in Haiti today is not just recovery from the earthquake. It's not just dealing with a cholera epidemic
    SOURCE: Medindia Health News 1 month ago
  4. Most Haitians do not have running water, a toilet or access to a doctor; cholera has claimed thousands of lives and remains a major threat to public health; and more than 70 percent of the workforce is under or unemployed
    SOURCE: Mmegi Online 1 month ago
  5. If cholera is affecting people on the ground, maybe food is not a top priority, but rather making sure clinics are staffed ... A staffed clinic will save lives.
    SOURCE: Big Think 1 month ago
  6. Recent assessments show a significant decline in rural sanitation sector performance . . . The inability of vulnerable populations to access safe water and basic sanitation . . . has resulted in frequent diarrhoeal and cholera outbreaks.
    SOURCE: AllAfrica.com 1 month ago
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  8. For this reason, agents of these diseases salmonella typhi (which causes typhoid), shigella dysenteriae (which causes dysentery), vibrion cholera (causes cholera) and rotavirus (causes diarrhoea) are now widely available in the environment where our children play and families socialise
    SOURCE: AllAfrica.com 2 months ago
  9. We transferred the overflow of patients from existing health facilities to the cholera treatment center, and established a referral system with an ambulance service
    SOURCE: Doctors Without Borders 2 months ago
  10. I was in the toilet when the explosion came on the upper floor ... I was afraid fighting had started, and ran to the room where my sister was suffering from cholera.
    SOURCE: Somalia Report 2 months ago
  11. Many NGOs realise cholera is still a problem but there is donor fatigue for cholera and unfortunately funding for cholera is not as prevalent as it was last year
    SOURCE: Haitian-Truth.org 2 months ago
  12. We’ve seen a decrease in the number of NGOs focused on cholera programmes and prevention from 128 NGOs working in Haiti in 2010 when the epidemic broke to 40 NGOs on the ground today
    SOURCE: Haitian-Truth.org 2 months ago
  13. We’ve seen different spikes since this epidemic started. We are prepared for a major spike at any time. We know that cholera will be in Haiti for a very long time to come
    SOURCE: Haitian-Truth.org 2 months ago
  14. Cholera is still here, and it’s still very much a part of Haitian peoples’ lives every day
    SOURCE: Haitian-Truth.org 2 months ago
  15. The message is getting out to Haitians to wash hands and to treat water but without access to latrines and clean water they are at risk of getting cholera even if they have the education about how to prevent the disease
    SOURCE: Haitian-Truth.org 2 months ago
  16. Only God knows what causes cholera
    SOURCE: Haitian-Truth.org 2 months ago
  17. My team also campaigned about the cholera outbreak, which is also related to clean water ... Education is the foundation. The more we educate, the better off these countries will be.
    SOURCE: The Beacon 2 months ago
  18. between the provision of [a cholera] vaccine as opposed to spending the money on improvements to water and sanitation
    SOURCE: Kaiser Family Foundation 2 months ago
  19. There are currently too many 'stability instruments' under discussion. There is a danger that, ultimately, the German government will have to choose between the plague and cholera -- or rather euro bonds and further increases to the EFSF. The Brussels proposal will likely generate more momentum than the...
    SOURCE: Spiegel Online 2 months ago
  20. I think there is too much concentration on fighting HIV, AIDS and other diseases like cholera, so we want to restore the balance
    SOURCE: Humanitarian News 2 months ago
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A child undergoing treatment for cholera is pictured at a cholera treatment centre run by Medecins Sans Frontieres (Doctors Without Borders) in Haiti's capital Port-au-Prince November 27, 2011. Cholera has sickened more than 450,000 people in the nation of 10 million, or nearly 5...
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  1. A child undergoing treatment for cholera is pictured at a cholera treatment centre run by Medecins Sans Frontieres (Doctors Without Borders) in Haiti's capital Port-au-Prince November 27, 2011. Cholera has sickened more than 450,000 people in the nation of 10 million, or nearly 5... Reuters Pictures logo Reuters Pictures 2 months ago

    A child undergoing treatment for cholera is pictured at a cholera treatment centre run by Medecins Sans Frontieres (Doctors Without Borders) in Haiti's capital Port-au-Prince November 27, 2011. Cholera has sickened more than 450,000 people in the nation of 10 million, or nearly 5...

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  2. A man receives treatment for cholera symptoms in a hospital in Cornillon, Haiti, Wednesday Nov. 16, 2011. AP Photo logo AP Photo 3 months ago

    A man receives treatment for cholera symptoms in a hospital in Cornillon, Haiti, Wednesday Nov. 16, 2011.

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  3. Wearing protective helmets and hoping to be hit, thousands of devotees stand in the Yanshui Beehive Fireworks Festival in Yanshui, southern Taiwan, Monday, Feb. 6, 2012. Marking the end of the Chinese Lantern Festival, the Yenshui Beehive Fireworks Festival originates from the late 19th... AP Photo logo AP Photo 1 week ago

    Wearing protective helmets and hoping to be hit, thousands of devotees stand in the Yanshui Beehive Fireworks Festival in Yanshui, southern Taiwan, Monday, Feb. 6, 2012. Marking the end of the Chinese Lantern Festival, the Yenshui Beehive Fireworks Festival originates from the late 19th...

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  4. A man stricken with cholera waits for relatives to visit at a cholera treatment centre run by Medecins Sans Frontieres (Doctors Without Borders) in Port-au-Prince October 21, 2011. Dr. Paul Farmer, co-founder of Boston-based Partners in Health (PIH), in an interview with Reuters stated... Reuters Pictures logo Reuters Pictures 4 months ago

    A man stricken with cholera waits for relatives to visit at a cholera treatment centre run by Medecins Sans Frontieres (Doctors Without Borders) in Port-au-Prince October 21, 2011. Dr. Paul Farmer, co-founder of Boston-based Partners in Health (PIH), in an interview with Reuters stated...

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  5. Family members and staff visit patients at a cholera treatment centre run by Medecins Sans Frontieres (Doctors Without Borders) in Port-au-Prince October 21, 2011. Dr. Paul Farmer, co-founder of Boston-based Partners in Health (PIH), in an interview with Reuters stated that cholera has... Reuters Pictures logo Reuters Pictures 4 months ago

    Family members and staff visit patients at a cholera treatment centre run by Medecins Sans Frontieres (Doctors Without Borders) in Port-au-Prince October 21, 2011. Dr. Paul Farmer, co-founder of Boston-based Partners in Health (PIH), in an interview with Reuters stated that cholera has...

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  6. A child undergoing treatment for cholera sleeps at a cholera treatment centre run by Medecins Sans Frontieres (Doctors Without Borders) in Port-au-Prince October 21, 2011. Dr. Paul Farmer, co-founder of Boston-based Partners in Health (PIH), in an interview with Reuters stated that... Reuters Pictures logo Reuters Pictures 4 months ago

    A child undergoing treatment for cholera sleeps at a cholera treatment centre run by Medecins Sans Frontieres (Doctors Without Borders) in Port-au-Prince October 21, 2011. Dr. Paul Farmer, co-founder of Boston-based Partners in Health (PIH), in an interview with Reuters stated that...

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  7. A girl receives treatment for cholera symptoms at a Doctors Without Borders, MSF, cholera clinic in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Wednesday, Oct. 19, 2011. Dr. Paul Farmer, one of the Caribbean nation's most prominent health experts, told The Associated Press that cholera has sickened more... AP Photo logo AP Photo 4 months ago

    A girl receives treatment for cholera symptoms at a Doctors Without Borders, MSF, cholera clinic in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Wednesday, Oct. 19, 2011. Dr. Paul Farmer, one of the Caribbean nation's most prominent health experts, told The Associated Press that cholera has sickened more...

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  8. A demonstrator pretends to be a cholera patient as part of a protest against the UN, in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Wednesday, Oct. 19, 2011. Dr. Paul Farmer, one of the Caribbean nation's most prominent health experts, told The Associated Press that cholera has sickened more than 450,000... AP Photo logo AP Photo 4 months ago

    A demonstrator pretends to be a cholera patient as part of a protest against the UN, in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Wednesday, Oct. 19, 2011. Dr. Paul Farmer, one of the Caribbean nation's most prominent health experts, told The Associated Press that cholera has sickened more than 450,000...

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  9. Cholera patients in recovery sing at a Doctors Without Borders, MSF, cholera clinic in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Wednesday, Oct. 19, 2011. Dr. Paul Farmer, one of the Caribbean nation's most prominent health experts, told The Associated Press that cholera has sickened more than 450,000... AP Photo logo AP Photo 4 months ago

    Cholera patients in recovery sing at a Doctors Without Borders, MSF, cholera clinic in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Wednesday, Oct. 19, 2011. Dr. Paul Farmer, one of the Caribbean nation's most prominent health experts, told The Associated Press that cholera has sickened more than 450,000...

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  10. Demonstrators carrying signs reading "Down with Minustah Cholera (L) United Nations Racist (C ) Minustah = Human Rights Violations" march in Port-au-Prince September14, 2011. Demonstrators call for Minustah to leave Haiti. Reuters Pictures logo Reuters Pictures 5 months ago

    Demonstrators carrying signs reading "Down with Minustah Cholera (L) United Nations Racist (C ) Minustah = Human Rights Violations" march in Port-au-Prince September14, 2011. Demonstrators call for Minustah to leave Haiti.

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  11. Haitians suffering from cholera symptoms rest at the treatment center in Mirebalais, Haiti, Monday, July 25, 2011. Cholera has sickened at least 370,000 people and killed more than 5,500 since the outbreak started in October, according to the Health Ministry. AP Photo logo AP Photo 6 months ago

    Haitians suffering from cholera symptoms rest at the treatment center in Mirebalais, Haiti, Monday, July 25, 2011. Cholera has sickened at least 370,000 people and killed more than 5,500 since the outbreak started in October, according to the Health Ministry.

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  12. Wilson, 4, receives treatment for cholera symptoms at a cholera treatment center in Mirebalais, Haiti, Monday, July 25, 2011. Cholera has sickened at least 370,000 people and killed more than 5,500 since the outbreak started in October, according to the Health Ministry. AP Photo logo AP Photo 6 months ago

    Wilson, 4, receives treatment for cholera symptoms at a cholera treatment center in Mirebalais, Haiti, Monday, July 25, 2011. Cholera has sickened at least 370,000 people and killed more than 5,500 since the outbreak started in October, according to the Health Ministry.

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  13. Cholera victim Jacklin Anore is wiped off by his wife at the Cuban-run Nicolas Armand hospital in Arcahaie, north of Port-au-Prince, on October 26, 2010. Haiti reported 25 more cholera deaths on Tuesday as officials warned the epidemic was not yet over and aid groups fought to keep the... Getty Images logo Getty Images 7 months ago

    Cholera victim Jacklin Anore is wiped off by his wife at the Cuban-run Nicolas Armand hospital in Arcahaie, north of Port-au-Prince, on October 26, 2010. Haiti reported 25 more cholera deaths on Tuesday as officials warned the epidemic was not yet over and aid groups fought to keep the...

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  14. The wife of cholera victim Jacklin Anore pours water over his head at the Cuban-run Nicolas Armand hospital in Arcahaie, north of Port-au-Prince, on October 26, 2010. Haiti reported 25 more cholera deaths on Tuesday as officials warned the epidemic was not yet over and aid groups... Getty Images logo Getty Images 7 months ago

    The wife of cholera victim Jacklin Anore pours water over his head at the Cuban-run Nicolas Armand hospital in Arcahaie, north of Port-au-Prince, on October 26, 2010. Haiti reported 25 more cholera deaths on Tuesday as officials warned the epidemic was not yet over and aid groups...

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  15. Doctors visit a man suffering from cholera at the Cuban-run Nicolas Armand hospital in Arcahaie, north of Port-au-Prince, on October 26, 2010. , north of Port-au-Prince, on October 26, 2010. Haiti reported 25 more cholera deaths on Tuesday as officials warned the epidemic was not yet... Getty Images logo Getty Images 7 months ago

    Doctors visit a man suffering from cholera at the Cuban-run Nicolas Armand hospital in Arcahaie, north of Port-au-Prince, on October 26, 2010. , north of Port-au-Prince, on October 26, 2010. Haiti reported 25 more cholera deaths on Tuesday as officials warned the epidemic was not yet...

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  16. Two men suffering from cholera are seen at the Cuban-run Nicolas Armand hospital in Arcahaie, north of Port-au-Prince, on October 26, 2010. Haiti reported 25 more cholera deaths on Tuesday as officials warned the epidemic was not yet over and aid groups fought to keep the disease out... Getty Images logo Getty Images 7 months ago

    Two men suffering from cholera are seen at the Cuban-run Nicolas Armand hospital in Arcahaie, north of Port-au-Prince, on October 26, 2010. Haiti reported 25 more cholera deaths on Tuesday as officials warned the epidemic was not yet over and aid groups fought to keep the disease out...

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  17. A woman caresses her child who has cholera symptoms at a cholera treatment center in Mirebalais, Haiti, Thursday, June 30, 2011. A study published in the July, 2011 issue of Emerging Infectious Diseases, a journal of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, states that based... AP Photo logo AP Photo 7 months ago

    A woman caresses her child who has cholera symptoms at a cholera treatment center in Mirebalais, Haiti, Thursday, June 30, 2011. A study published in the July, 2011 issue of Emerging Infectious Diseases, a journal of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, states that based...

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  18. A man carries a boy suffering from cholera symptoms to a cholera treatment center in Mirebalais, Haiti, Thursday, June 30, 2011. A study published in the July, 2011 issue of Emerging Infectious Diseases, a journal of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, states that based... AP Photo logo AP Photo 7 months ago

    A man carries a boy suffering from cholera symptoms to a cholera treatment center in Mirebalais, Haiti, Thursday, June 30, 2011. A study published in the July, 2011 issue of Emerging Infectious Diseases, a journal of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, states that based...

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  19. In this June 30, 2011 photo, Haitians suffering from cholera symptoms rest at the treatment center in Mirebalais, a dusty crossroads town a one-hour drive north of Port-au-Prince, Haiti. The center is again seeing dozens of new patients a day, many arriving at the edge of death from... AP Photo logo AP Photo 7 months ago

    In this June 30, 2011 photo, Haitians suffering from cholera symptoms rest at the treatment center in Mirebalais, a dusty crossroads town a one-hour drive north of Port-au-Prince, Haiti. The center is again seeing dozens of new patients a day, many arriving at the edge of death from...

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  20. A mother holds her baby who is suffering from cholera symptoms inside a local hospital in Santo Domingo June 27, 2011. Cholera cases have been rising in Haiti and the Dominican Republic, the United Nations World Health Organization said on Friday. In Haiti, at least 344,623 have been... Reuters Pictures logo Reuters Pictures 7 months ago

    A mother holds her baby who is suffering from cholera symptoms inside a local hospital in Santo Domingo June 27, 2011. Cholera cases have been rising in Haiti and the Dominican Republic, the United Nations World Health Organization said on Friday. In Haiti, at least 344,623 have been...

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  21. A patient suffering from cholera symptoms is helped by residents and hospital staff members while he arrives to receive medical treatment inside a local hospital in Santo Domingo June 27, 2011. Cholera cases have been rising in Haiti and the Dominican Republic, the United Nations World... Reuters Pictures logo Reuters Pictures 7 months ago

    A patient suffering from cholera symptoms is helped by residents and hospital staff members while he arrives to receive medical treatment inside a local hospital in Santo Domingo June 27, 2011. Cholera cases have been rising in Haiti and the Dominican Republic, the United Nations World...

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  22. A Haitian patient suffers from cholera symptoms inside a local hospital in Santo Domingo June 25, 2011. The cases of cholera have been rising in Haiti and Dominican Republic, the United Nations World Health Organization said on Friday, in Haiti at least 344,623 have been hospitalized... Reuters Pictures logo Reuters Pictures 7 months ago

    A Haitian patient suffers from cholera symptoms inside a local hospital in Santo Domingo June 25, 2011. The cases of cholera have been rising in Haiti and Dominican Republic, the United Nations World Health Organization said on Friday, in Haiti at least 344,623 have been hospitalized...

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  23. Patients suffering from cholera symptoms rest while they receive hydration inside a local hospital in Santo Domingo June 25, 2011. The cases of cholera have been rising in Haiti and Dominican Republic, the United Nations World Health Organization said on Friday, in Haiti at least... Reuters Pictures logo Reuters Pictures 7 months ago

    Patients suffering from cholera symptoms rest while they receive hydration inside a local hospital in Santo Domingo June 25, 2011. The cases of cholera have been rising in Haiti and Dominican Republic, the United Nations World Health Organization said on Friday, in Haiti at least...

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  24. A patient suffering from cholera symptoms is helped by a relative while he receives medical treatment inside a local hospital in Santo Domingo June 25, 2011. The cases of cholera have been rising in Haiti and Dominican Republic, the United Nations World Health Organization said on... Reuters Pictures logo Reuters Pictures 7 months ago

    A patient suffering from cholera symptoms is helped by a relative while he receives medical treatment inside a local hospital in Santo Domingo June 25, 2011. The cases of cholera have been rising in Haiti and Dominican Republic, the United Nations World Health Organization said on...

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  25. A woman suffering from cholera symptoms sips on a plastic bag of semi-frozen water that is held by her husband as they wait for an ambulance to take them to a Doctors Without Borders (MSF) cholera clinic in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Tuesday June 14, 2011. Now that the rainy season has... AP Photo logo AP Photo 8 months ago

    A woman suffering from cholera symptoms sips on a plastic bag of semi-frozen water that is held by her husband as they wait for an ambulance to take them to a Doctors Without Borders (MSF) cholera clinic in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Tuesday June 14, 2011. Now that the rainy season has...

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A child undergoing treatment for cholera is pictured at a cholera treatment centre run by Medecins Sans Frontieres (Doctors Without Borders) in Haiti's capital Port-au-Prince November 27, 2011. Cholera has sickened more than 450,000 people in the nation of 10 million, or nearly 5...

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  1. Right now we are working with the Ministry of Health in emergency preparedness against any cholera outbreak and we are also involved in other activities
    SOURCE: AllAfrica.com 1 month ago
  2. You can get something like cholera. You can have jaundice. There are infections like typhoid fever, which are all part of water-borne infections in this part of the world.
    SOURCE: CNN 1 month ago
  3. What we are looking at in Haiti today is not just recovery from the earthquake. It's not just dealing with a cholera epidemic
    SOURCE: Medindia Health News 1 month ago
  4. Most Haitians do not have running water, a toilet or access to a doctor; cholera has claimed thousands of lives and remains a major threat to public health; and more than 70 percent of the workforce is under or unemployed
    SOURCE: Mmegi Online 1 month ago
  5. If cholera is affecting people on the ground, maybe food is not a top priority, but rather making sure clinics are staffed ... A staffed clinic will save lives.
    SOURCE: Big Think 1 month ago
  6. Recent assessments show a significant decline in rural sanitation sector performance . . . The inability of vulnerable populations to access safe water and basic sanitation . . . has resulted in frequent diarrhoeal and cholera outbreaks.
    SOURCE: AllAfrica.com 1 month ago
  7. SOURCE:
  8. For this reason, agents of these diseases salmonella typhi (which causes typhoid), shigella dysenteriae (which causes dysentery), vibrion cholera (causes cholera) and rotavirus (causes diarrhoea) are now widely available in the environment where our children play and families socialise
    SOURCE: AllAfrica.com 2 months ago
  9. We transferred the overflow of patients from existing health facilities to the cholera treatment center, and established a referral system with an ambulance service
    SOURCE: Doctors Without Borders 2 months ago
  10. I was in the toilet when the explosion came on the upper floor ... I was afraid fighting had started, and ran to the room where my sister was suffering from cholera.
    SOURCE: Somalia Report 2 months ago
  11. Many NGOs realise cholera is still a problem but there is donor fatigue for cholera and unfortunately funding for cholera is not as prevalent as it was last year
    SOURCE: Haitian-Truth.org 2 months ago
  12. We’ve seen a decrease in the number of NGOs focused on cholera programmes and prevention from 128 NGOs working in Haiti in 2010 when the epidemic broke to 40 NGOs on the ground today
    SOURCE: Haitian-Truth.org 2 months ago
  13. We’ve seen different spikes since this epidemic started. We are prepared for a major spike at any time. We know that cholera will be in Haiti for a very long time to come
    SOURCE: Haitian-Truth.org 2 months ago
  14. Cholera is still here, and it’s still very much a part of Haitian peoples’ lives every day
    SOURCE: Haitian-Truth.org 2 months ago
  15. The message is getting out to Haitians to wash hands and to treat water but without access to latrines and clean water they are at risk of getting cholera even if they have the education about how to prevent the disease
    SOURCE: Haitian-Truth.org 2 months ago
  16. Only God knows what causes cholera
    SOURCE: Haitian-Truth.org 2 months ago
  17. My team also campaigned about the cholera outbreak, which is also related to clean water ... Education is the foundation. The more we educate, the better off these countries will be.
    SOURCE: The Beacon 2 months ago
  18. between the provision of [a cholera] vaccine as opposed to spending the money on improvements to water and sanitation
    SOURCE: Kaiser Family Foundation 2 months ago
  19. There are currently too many 'stability instruments' under discussion. There is a danger that, ultimately, the German government will have to choose between the plague and cholera -- or rather euro bonds and further increases to the EFSF. The Brussels proposal will likely generate more momentum than the...
    SOURCE: Spiegel Online 2 months ago
  20. I think there is too much concentration on fighting HIV, AIDS and other diseases like cholera, so we want to restore the balance
    SOURCE: Humanitarian News 2 months ago
  21. This (cholera) is a disease that can easily be prevented by maintaining basic hygiene, but it has continued to kill so many people over the years
    SOURCE: AllAfrica.com 2 months ago
  22. We are currently struggling with malaria, tuberculosis, HIV, polio and cholera and I tell you, we do not want to add diabetes that is a burden in all ways. We do not want diabetes that can take away the sight that can cause stroke and kidney failure and even cause death
    SOURCE: AllAfrica.com 2 months ago