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West Africa: Cholera - lessons learned
IRINnews.org (31 Dec 2012)
...Data from the past decade in West Africa show that a country can go several years with few to no cases of cholera then be hit with thousands of cases.
DRC: Ethnic violence limits access to treatment
MSF UK (press release, 20 Dec 2012)
... These families are living in extremely precarious conditions and an outbreak of cholera made their situation even more desperate. In addition, people are afraid to go to health centers.
Katanga : 90 nouveaux cas de cholera enregistrés en l’espace de 3 semaines à Kalemie
Radio Okapi (18 déc 2012)
Nonante nouveaux cas de choléra ont été enregistrés en l'espace de trois semaines dans la région couvrant les zones de santé de Kalemie et Nyemba à Kalemie, une ville située à plus 600 km de Lubumbashi, capitale provinciale du Katanga. L'on compte...
Tanzania: Ministry of Health Distributes Cholera, Pneumonia Vaccines
AllAfrica.com (14 Dec 2012)
The Ministry of Health and Social Welfare has started distributing new vaccines for cholera and pneumonia ready for country-wide vaccination in January, next year. The Ministry's Immunization and Vaccination Development Manager, Dr Dafroza Lyimo, said the vaccines will be distributed to all health centres in the country.
Tanga hard hit by cholera
IPPmedia (Peter Mohamed, 14 Dec 2012)
At the medical facility - a semi referral entity, the doctors immediately diagnosed cholera as the illness facing Omari and administered the necessary treatment right away. He had been severely dehydrated and was then unconscious...
Cholera in the Time of Social Media
Impatient Optimists (Helen Matzger, 10 Dec 2012)
…I’ve found that I can get information more quickly about a cholera outbreak in an African country via Twitter than any other means... Amazingly (to me) social media is now important to my work; offering a larger, more comprehensive picture of cholera outbreaks and a way to communicate about cholera and other diseases to people around the world.
Bas-Congo : résurgence du choléra dans la ville de Matadi
Radio Okapi (3 déc 2012)
L'épidémie du cholera a refait surface dans la ville de Matadi (Bas-Congo) deux mois après son éradication. D'après les autorités sanitaires, cinq cas ont été enregistré à l'hôpital général de référence de Kikanda.
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