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Uganda-Hepatitis E kills 12 in Kaabong
08 Dec 2009
The New Vision (Uganda) [edited][ProMed]
So far, 12 people have died and 210 have been admitted following an outbreak of hepatitis E in Kaabong district in northeastern Uganda.
Hepatitis E is a viral infection that is transmitted through drinking water or eating contaminated food. The virus is found in the stool of infected persons or animals.
November
Zambia-Mother, 4 children die of food poisoning24 Nov 2009
The Post [edited][FSNet]
Five people from the same family in Kasisi have died after eating food that was suspected to have been poisoned.
The five were rushed to a hospital where they later died.
An official was quoted as saying that a woman and her four children died after eating maize suspected to have been sprayed with doom.
Zambia-Cholera(Southern province)
13 Nov 2009
Lusaka Times [edited][ProMed]
Cholera cases have persisted in Sinazongwe district in Southern province since the disease broke out in September 2009. A Sinazongwe District Public Health officer disclosed that the number of cumulative cases has reached 30 and 1 person has since died.
The District Public Health officer noted that the scenario was disturbing as a mining company has contributed to the spread of cholera cases resulting from the supply untreated water and their sanitary facilities were of poor design.
Kenya-Cholera(Eastern province)
12 Nov 2009
The Standard [edited][ProMed]
A total of 4 people have died at a dispensary following a cholera outbreak in Marsabit North District. The patients had been brought to
The dispensary on Sunday [8 Nov 2009], but by Wednesday morning
[11 Nov 2009] 2 adults and 2 young children had succumbed to the disease. The Kenya Red Cross Society Regional Health Officer was quoted as saying more than 40 cholera patients had been admitted since 8 Nov
2009. He attributes the outbreak to recent floods and poor hygiene.
The disease has so far killed more than 26 people in a month in the expansive Upper Eastern region.
Kenya-Cholera(Coast province)
11 Nov 2009
Daily Nation [edited][ProMed]
To date, 8 people have been confirmed dead after a cholera outbreak in several parts of Lamu island. Kenya Red Cross Society and health officials on Wednesday [11 Nov 2009] said 3 children, 2 women, and 3 men had died of the disease caused by water contamination. 28 people are being treated at a district hospital.
The disease has affected mostly wananchi [citizens] in Mkomani, Langoni, Kandahar, and Kijitoni suburbs. Since the outbreak was reported last week [week of 20 Nov 2009], social gatherings such as weddings and funerals have been banned.
Nigeria-Cholera(Adamawa)
04 Nov 2009
Agence France-Presse (AFP) [edited][ProMed]
A fresh cholera outbreak has killed 20 people and left 200 others infected in northern Nigeria's Adamawa State in the past week, a senior health official said Wednesday [4 Nov 2009].
The latest deaths take to 169 the number of those killed by the disease in 4 northern states, Adamawa, Jigawa, Taraba, and Borno, in the past 3 months.
KenyaCholera, diarrhea(Coast)
03 Nov 2009
AllAfrica, The Daily Nation report [edited][ProMed]
The government has stepped up a fight against an outbreak of waterborne diseases in several parts of the Coast province in the aftermath of the floods. The coast provincial medical officer [PMO] on Tuesday [3 Nov 2009] confirmed that 12 people have been admitted at Lamu district hospital after contracting cholera. The official said the victims were in stable condition after they received treatment at the public hospital.
Tanzania-Cholera(Tanga region)
01 Nov 2009
Big Medicine [edited][ProMed]
An outbreak of cholera in northern Tanzania has continued to spread, claiming 59 lives over the past 2 months. Health ministry officials reported 60 new cases last week [week of 26 Oct 2009].
Uganda-Cholera(Bugiri)
01 Nov 2009
Uganda Pulse [edited][ProMed]
The outbreak of cholera has claimed 8 lives in Bugiri district in just 10 days and about 45 others are hospitalized. The endemic broke out in the area in September 2009. The 10 deaths reported now bring the number of people who have died because of the outbreak to 23 within 2 months.
October
Cameroon-Cholera(North, Extreme North)31 Oct 2009
Agence France-Presse (AFP) [edited][ProMed]
A cholera outbreak in Cameroon has killed 65 people and infected hundreds since it started in September 2009, state media said on Friday [30 Oct 2009].
Uganda-Cholera(Kampala)
30 Oct 2009
Uganda Pulse [edited][ProMed]
Three more people from Kampala have been hospitalized following an outbreak of cholera in Namuwongo, a suburb of Kampala.
Cholera broke out in Kampala at the beginning of October 2009. It has killed 5 people since that time and many others are admitted in hospital.
Angola-Diarrhea
20 Oct 2009
ANGOP (Angola Press Agency) [Trans. by Mod.MPP, edited][ProMed]
So far in October 2009, 22 people have died in the city of Quilengues, [located] 140 kilometers [87 miles] north of Lubango, in Huila province, victims of a diarrheal outbreak. An official made it clear that the most recent cases occurred in commune Dinde of the village Tchituli, where 16 people were infected with the disease, 9 of whom died. Another 4 cases were reported at headquarters, with one death.
The municipality of Impul is the most affected part of the district, where 39 cases with 12 deaths were reported. The administrator reported that in this constituency, cases occurred in the villages of Vombo, Kandombe, Kavissaka and in the District headquarters.
Zimbabwe-Cholera
20 Oct 2009
Agence France-Presse [edited][ProMed]
A total of 5 people have died in a new cholera outbreak in Zimbabwe where more than 4000 people were killed in the country's worst-ever outbreak of the disease in 2008, media reported Tuesday [20 Oct 2009].
The Health secretary was quoted as saying that 117 cholera cases had been confirmed in several parts of Zimbabwe since infections were reported in September 2009 in the country's east.
Nigeria-Cholera(Borno, Adawama, Jigawa, Taraba)
16 Oct 2009
Agence France-Presse [edited][ProMed]
The toll in a cholera outbreak in northern Nigeria rose to 149 Friday [16 Oct 2009] with 52 more deaths, a provincial health official said.
He said Biu local government on the border with Chad was the worst affected area where 650 were infected, forcing health officials to open a camp for the victims.
Cholera has claimed 77 lives in recent weeks in Adamawa State, leaving nearly 1000 people hospitalized.
Late September 2009, officials in Jigawa State announced the death of 11 people in a cholera outbreak which affected 400 others at a village outside the state capital.
In Taraba state, a neighbor of Adamawa, another cholera outbreak killed 9 people and infected 120 others.
Nigeria-Cholera[Adamawa]
16 Oct 2009
EFE [machine trans. from Portuguese] [edited][ProMed]
Some 300 people died and many more are hospitalized due to an outbreak of cholera reported since mid-month in Adamawa State in northern Nigeria, sources were quoted as saying.
Cameroon-Cholera(North, Extreme North provinces)
15 Oct 2009
UN Integrated Regional Information Networks (IRIN) [edited][ProMed]
Cholera has killed at least 51 people in the past few weeks in northern Cameroon, where health experts say safe water and proper sanitation are sorely lacking.
The regions affected are Cameroon's North and Extreme North, with the first infections reported in September 2009, according to the Health Ministry. As of 14 Oct 2009, 23 people had died in Extreme North, out of 144 infected, according to a Health Ministry document that is updated regularly; while in neighboring North region 28 people had died, out of 152 infected.
Uganda-Cholera(Kampala)
14 Oct 2009
UG Pulse [edited][ProMed]
Seventeen more people from the suburbs of Kampala have been hospitalized at Mulago Hospital following an outbreak of cholera in different parts of the city. This brings the number of people infected with cholera in Kampala to 35 since the beginning of October 2009.
Uganda-Cholera(Kampala)
07 Oct 2009
The Monitor [edited][ProMed]
Three people have been confirmed dead and 13 others are hospitalized at Mulago cholera treatment centre following an outbreak in Kampala last week. A Kampala City Council Health officer was quoted as saying that 1 person died from Mulago Hospital and the other 2 from Namuwongo. The official cautioned people especially from the slum areas to stop from eating cold food and drinks vended on the streets.
Tanzania-Cholera(Tanga)
07 Oct 2009
Independent Online [edited][ProMed]
12 people have died in a cholera epidemic in Tanzania over the past week, with most cases recorded in the north of the country, a health ministry spokesperson was quoted as saying.
Around 600 cases were reported in the east African country during the last 7 days, but Handeni district in the northeastern region of Tanga was hardest hit with 511 patients.
Kenya-Cholera(Eastern province)
07 Oct 2009
Daily Nation [edited][ProMed]
The death toll from a cholera outbreak in Mutomo District has risen to 7, with more infections being recorded every day. The 7 died at a hospital where they were being treated. The deaths came as health authorities disclosed that 1134 people had been diagnosed with the disease in the district.
Mozambique-Cholera(Cabo Delgado)
06 Oct 2009
Agencia de Informacao de Mocambique (AIM) [edited][ProMed]
5 members of the same family died of cholera on 3 consecutive days in Nazimoja village, Montepuez district, in the northern Mozambican province of Cabo Delgado.
According to a resident of that village, many people have been suffering from the disease, which was initially shrugged off as simple bouts of diarrhea and vomiting. However, the health authorities have confirmed that this is cholera. The disease was also reported in Napai, and Nacate, suburbs of the Montepuez town, where it has killed at least 4 people.
By 28 Sep 2009, the Montepuez District Hospital had recorded 106 cases of cholera, and 3 of them were still under medical care in a serious condition.
Cameroon-Cholera(north)
06 Oct 2009
Reuters [edited][ProMed]
A cholera outbreak in northern Cameroon has killed 15 people, state media reported on Tuesday [6 Oct 2009]. Cameroonian authorities are taking measures to contain the epidemic, which was brought in from neighboring Nigeria, state officials were quoted as saying.
Nigeria-Cholera(Borno)
05 Oct 2009
NEXT [edited][ProMed]
23 of the 600 people who recently contracted cholera in the Biu Local Government area of Borno State are dead, the director of disease control in the Borno State ministry of health was quoted as saying. A source at the ministry of health said the disease has spread to 6 out of the 9 local government areas of southern Borno. The state has also recorded a total of 32 death from it.
Nigeria-Cholera(Taraba, Adamawa, Jigawa)
02 Oct 2009
News24 [edited][ProMed]
Nine people died and several others were hospitalized this week following a cholera outbreak in Nigeria's northern Taraba State, bringing the death toll in the region to 97, an official was quoted as saying.
On Wednesday [31 Sep 2009] health officials in Jigawa State, also in the region, announced the death of 11 people following an outbreak of cholera in Bashuri village where 400 cases emerged in under a fortnight.
Cholera has claimed 77 lives in recent weeks in Adamawa State, leaving nearly 1000 people hospitalized.
Uganda-Cooks held for poisoning food
02 Oct 2009
All Africa [edited][FSNet]
Police in Kasese District are holding cooks of a school for allegedly putting poison in the school food.
The accused allegedly committed the offence on September 8. It is reported that the school gatekeeper, a man of 35, was the first victim when he ate the poisoned meal and got stomach complications before he was taken to Kagando Hospital. He later died.
Kenya-Cholera(Eastern province)
02 Oct 2009
The Nation [edited][ProMed]
A team from Medicines Sans Frontiers (MSF) has camped in Marsabit
South district to avert the spread of cholera, which has left 15 people dead. The same disease started to spread in El-Molo Bay location. In 3 days, 3 people had succumbed to cholera. At the same time, a pregnant woman succumbed to the disease in Moite village.
Cholera had been reported in Marsabit South district earlier in 2009 when 18 people died after contracting it.
Congo DR-Cholera(South Kivu)
01 Oct 2009
XinHuaNet [edited][ProMed]
Congo (DRC) recently (released by the health department) said an outbreak of cholera in the eastern part of South Kivu has already 7079 people infected, with 82 people dead.
The health sector said cholera outbreak has now spread to 34 districts of the province's 10 districts and the provincial capital city of Bukavu.
September
Uganda-Cholera
30 Sep 2009
The Monitor [edited][ProMed]
At least 13 people have died over the past few days and about 60 others have reportedly been hospitalized with symptoms of cholera in various health centres in Bugiri District. According to medical workers in the area, the disease that erupted early last week causes severe vomiting, bloody diarrhea, dehydration, and general body weakness. It has mostly hit the areas of Muwayo trading centre in Buluguyi Sub-county.
The district health officer confirmed the deaths yesterday afternoon [29 Sep 2009]. He was quoted as saying that out of the 80 currently under intense medical monitoring, 71 are adults, while the rest are children under 7 years. A health worker was quoted as saying that new cases were being registered at health centres every hour. She said stool samples were taken to Kampala for further examination.
Rwanda-Cholera(Northwestern Region)
30 Sep 2009
UN Integrated Regional Information Networks (IRIN) [edited][ProMed]
At least 50 cases of cholera have been registered in the north western region of Rwanda, the Health Ministry said on 29 Sep 2009. No deaths were reported in the affected region, which had been free of the disease for a decade.
Zimbabwe(Masvingo, Manicaland), Mozambique-Cholera
30 Sep 2009
Zimbabwe Times [edited][ProMed]
A fresh outbreak of cholera has hit Chiredzi District in Masvingo province, where 5 new cases of the disease were reported this week, health officials have said. This brings to 10 the number of cases that have been reported over the past week, following another 5 new cases which were reported in Chipinge in Manicaland Province.
Health officials here said the 5 fresh cases were reported in the Sengwe Communal along the Mozambican border.
Officials in the ministry yesterday [29 Sep 2009] were quoted as saying that initial tests had proven that the reported cases were confirmed to be cholera.
In 2008, thousands of lives were lost due to a cholera epidemic which swept across Zimbabwe.
Congo DR(North Kivu, South Kivu)-Cholera
25 Sep 2009
UN Integrated Regional Information Networks (IRIN) [edited][ProMed]
At least 100 people have died of cholera in parts of eastern Democratic
Republic of Congo (DRC) since January 2009, say medical sources. South Kivu Province is the worst affected, with at least 75 people dead and 6392 infected, an official in charge of communications at the UN World Health Organization (WHO) in DRC was quoted as saying.
In neighboring North Kivu Province, 48 deaths had been recorded and 4609 people infected by 13 Sep 2009, according to a WHO report.
Five health zones have recorded cases, including the main town of Goma, Karisimbi, Masisi, Mutwanga, and Rutshuru areas. Other eastern regions have also recorded cases, with Katanga listing 199 new cases and 2 deaths.
Nigeria-Cholera(Adamawa)
25 Sep 2009
This Day Online [edited][ProMed]
At least 76 persons have been confirmed dead from a suspected outbreak of an epidemic of cholera in about 7 local government councils of Adamawa state.
The disease, which manifests with symptoms of vomiting, diarrhea, and mild fever, is ravaging communities in 7 local government areas of Mubi, north and south, Maiha, Michika, Madagali, Girie, and Hong in the northern part of the state.
So far, 76 people have died, while 846 are receiving treatment at the various state health establishments.
Uganda-New Hepatitis E Cases in Kitgum
23 Sep 2009
The DailyMonitor, allAfrica.com [edited][ProMed]
Authorities in Kitgum District, Uganda, have expressed fears that the fight against the deadly hepatitis E virus is stagnating and the disease is showing signs of resurgence. The Kitgum chairman raised the concern on Monday [21 Sep 2009] after reports that 8 new cases had been reported in the district over the weekend. The official was quoted as saying the 8 new cases were found by Kitgum Town Council on Saturday. He blamed the outbreak on residents whom he accused of failing to observe proper hygiene.
Hepatitis E spreads though eating food or drinking fluids that are contaminated with human [and/or animal] waste.
Congo DR-Diarrhea
16 Sep 2009
Radio Okapi [in French, trans. Mod.JW, edited][ProMed]
A mysterious illness has struck the Walikale territory for the last 3 months. The symptoms of this disease include diarrhea and vomiting. The tribal chief of Waloa Yungu was quoted as saying that the illness first manifested in his group Waloa Yungu before reaching 5 localities of North Kivu province, namely Buhimba, Kimuwa, Nando, Mikweti, Kahilenge-Mitwa. The same source said that during 3 months, 26 deaths were recorded including the case on [Mon 14 Sep 2009].
Also according to the same source, patients have no access to medical care, because there is no functional health facility on site. Health officials in Goma already have the information, a source was quoted as saying, but cannot go there to intervene because of the bad security situation. The traditional authority recalls that the Waloa Yungu group in the territory of Walikale in North Kivu is so far experiencing armed groups and foreign forces who are the law there.
Nigeria-40 people ill, after taking contaminated oil
14 Sep 2009
Daily Triumph [edited][FSNet]
Residents of Unguwar Madabo, Adakawa, Unguwar Kan Tudu in Kano state have expressed concern over the selling of contaminated groundnut oil to the general public by some women who go from house-to-house to sell the product.
As a result, more than 40 people have fallen ill from gastro-enteritis with severe stomach pains.
This was disclosed by state head of Environmental and Occupational Health Unit, under the ministry of health.
He said the oil company at former Gwawmmaja Masaka Textiles after producing oil, makes sluge, which has bad odour for the production of soap and which some women buy, boil and sell it to unsuspecting customers.
Kenya-Cholera
10 Sep 2009
All Africa, UN Integrated Regional Information Networks (IRIN) report [edited][ProMed]
About 13 people are reported to have died of cholera in Turkana [in
the northwest] since 20 Aug [2009], an official was quoted as saying to IRIN, adding that 5 of the deaths occurred in hospital while the rest have been reported by villagers. New cases are being reported in the Turkana divisions of Kalokol and Kerio. A broken-down water pump has been repaired to provide clean water. The area also has low latrine cover, contributing to improper waste disposal.
In the capital Nairobi, 3 cholera cases were reported in the eastern Dandora area 7 days ago. Dysentery cases are also being reported 250 km [155 miles] from the northeastern Laisamis area, where a previous cholera outbreak was reported.
The IRC is helping to provide medicine and staff to help in the early diagnosis of the disease. The Kenya Red Cross Society (KRCS) is supporting water and sanitation projects in drought-hit northeastern Ijara and Isiolo in the east to reduce the vulnerability of pastoralist communities to recurrent droughts. KRCS staff and volunteers are also training community members in hygiene and are continuing to distribute relief aid to 573 343 beneficiaries in the region.
Ethiopia-Cholera
07 Sep 2009
Reuters [edited][ProMed]
Cholera and other diarrheal diseases have infected 18,000 people in Ethiopia over the last 3 weeks in many parts of the country, including the capital Addis Ababa, according to a document seen by reporters of a news agency.The document, minutes of a meeting attended by international health charities and UN agencies last Tuesday [1 Sep 2009], said half of moderate-to-severe cases of the 18 000 infections were cholera. It did not say how many were moderate-to-severe. Most of the diarrheal illnesses that were not cholera were acute watery diarrhea (AWD), health workers said [often used as a euphemism for cholera - Mod.LL].Health workers, who declined to be named, told reporters the fatality rate was 2 percent when the outbreak began but that it had been reduced as local and international agencies stepped up their response. Ethiopia's Health Ministry said last week that 34 people had died from AWD but it had not yet confirmed any cholera cases.
Related stories
07 Sep 2009-Cholera
UN Office for Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) [edited][ProMed]
Acute Watery Diarrhea (AWD) cases have been reported from all 10 sub-cities in Addis Ababa, with the highest caseload recorded from Akaki/Kaliti, Addis Ketema, Arada and Kolfe, according to official reports from the Federal Ministry of Health (FMoH). The outbreak also continues to spread in other regions of the country, and new woredas[administrative divisions] are reportedly affected in Amhara, Oromiya, Dire Dawa and SNNPR. Between 17 and 23 Aug 2009 (34th epidemiological week), a total of 2330 new cases of AWD and 22 deaths with 0.9 percent case fatality rate have been reported from 61 woredas and 10 sub-cities in Addis Ababa, Afar, Amhara, Somali, Oromiya and SNNPR. The ongoing kiremt rains and the continuous movement of pilgrims and migrant laborers to and from holy water sites and private farms are contributing to the spread of the disease. The re-opening of schools in mid-September 2009 also requires special attention.
Kenya-Cholera
07 Sep 2009
Daily Nation [edited][ProMed]
Eight people have died of cholera in Laisamis, Marsabit, while 6 members of a Nairobi family are being treated for the disease at the Kenyatta National Hospital. The 6 Nairobi family members contracted the disease in Dandora Estate, Embakasi after drinking contaminated water from a nearby well, the Public Health director was quoted as saying.Following the outbreak, a team of Public Health officials visited the area and treated the contaminated water with chlorine tablets. At the same time, the drought being experienced in most parts of the country has also led to a severe shortage of water, resulting in a rise in cases of cholera and other water-borne diseases. According to experts, more than 50 people have died from the killer disease in various parts of the country in the past 6 months.
August
Zimbabwe-Cholera(Manicaland)25 Aug 2009
Voice of America [edited][ProMed]
Health experts in Zimbabwe are considering the implications of 12 cases of cholera confirmed this week in Chipinge district of eastern Manicaland province some weeks after the Ministry of Health declared that the deadly 2008-2009 cholera epidemic had run its course.
The Health Minister has advised against alarm saying Zimbabwe is much better prepared to deal with such outbreaks now than it was at this time in 2008, when an epidemic began which eventually took 4228 lives from more than 98 000 cases over 10 months.
Uganda-Methanol poisoning, fatal
23 Aug 2009
Monitor Online [edited][ProMed]
Residents of Kasana Sanja zone in Kulambiro, a Kampala suburb, are panic-stricken following the deaths of several people in the area within a month. The latest victims of a strange disease, who died on Friday [21 Aug 2009], include 3 residents of Kasana Sanja zone.
According to an uncle who was staying with one of the recently deceased
residents, the disease 1st killed their mother in July 2009.
Nigeria-Cholera(Adamawa)
22 Aug 2009
Agence France-Presse (AFP) [edited][ProMed]
A cholera outbreak in northern Nigeria has killed 13 more people, taking the death toll to 52, the health commissioner said on Saturday
[22 Aug 2009].
39 people were reported killed by the disease in Maiha, according to a local government official. He said "scores of people" had been hospitalized as a result of the disease, stressing that an ongoing strike by medical workers in the state was hampering efforts to assist the sick.
Nigeria-Cholera
19 Aug 2009
Independent Online [edited]
A cholera outbreak has claimed 39 lives in northern Nigeria's Adamawa state in the past week, a senior local official said on Tuesday [18 Aug 2009].
The official was quoted as saying the outbreak killed a family, including a 52-year-old man, his wife and child, and that 36 other people also died.
Congo DRCholera(Notth Kivu)
18 Aug 2009
Radio Okapi [In French, trans. Mod.MPP, edited][ProMed]
87 cases of acute diarrhea have been reported in less than 2 weeks.
According to the provincial medical inspector, it is cholera, although laboratory results have not yet confirmed that. No deaths have been reported.
According to the provincial medical inspector, this situation is due to the lack of running water in the city of Goma. Until now, many households directly consume water taken from the lake. The director of nursing at this hospital says the hospital has treated over 10 new patients since the weekend.
Ethiopia-Cholera(Oromia)
08 Aug 2009
Gadaa.com [edited][ProMed]
According to information obtained from Oromia, AWD (Acute Watery Diarrhea, commonly known as cholera) is ravaging West Arsi, East Shewa, West Hararghe, North Shewa and Arsi zones in the state of Oromia.
According to experts and informants, on 29 Jul 2009, there were over 1700 cases of cholera and 28 deaths in the West Arsi zone. Out of 220 cases, 5 deaths are reported in Mieso, Chiro and Guba Qoricha districts. Similar death cases are also reported from all other affected districts and zones.
Due to lack of access to the remote areas of the zones, the number of death cases and cholera-affected people has been under-reported; the problem is much worse than what is being reported. The situation in West Arsi is the worst; the government has prohibited visits to the area.
Angola-Cholera
04 Aug 2009
Angola Press [edited][ProMed]
At least 5 people, out of 16 patients, died of cholera from July 2009 until the present moment in Bocoio district, central Benguela province, according to data from the local health authorities.
Zimbabwe-Cholera, prison(Masvingo)
03 Aug 2009
Radio Voice of the People [edited]
Six inmates at Masvingo Remand Prison have succumbed to cholera as a fresh outbreak has been reported, despite claims by the government that it has contained the disease. Prison officials told Radio VOP on Monday [3 Aug 2009] that the fresh outbreak had added woes at the prison, battling to contain hunger-related diseases that have claimed over 100 lives in all Masvingo's 3 prison centers.
July
Uganda-Strange disease hits Busia22 Jul 2009
The New Vision (Uganda) [edited][ProMed]
Experts from the health ministry are in Busia town to investigate a strange disease that has hit the area. The disease, which has symptoms similar to those of cholera, broke out in Soloa, Arubaine, Marachi A and B, and Mugungu villages. 7 people, including 2 children, died after suffering from severe diarrhea and vomiting. Over 20 others were admitted at a health center.
The Arubaine and Marachi leaders blamed the disease on the Busia-Kenya sewage system, which they said had overflowed into the village wells. They said residents started falling sick when the sewage started flooding.
Somalia-Cholera(Bay, Lower Shabelle regions)
21 Jul 2009
Horseed Media [edited][ProMed]
Reports from Bay region, central Somalia, are confirming that at least 3 people have died so far from cholera, medical officers warn for lack of medicine. 2 children and an elderly woman were confirmed to be the latest victims of the cholera outbreak in Bay region. Regional medical officials say, more people are hospitalized for the disease, which is spreading in central Somalia.
More cholera outbreak cases are reported from neighboring regions. In Lower Shabelle region 2 children were confirmed dead, and more than 10 people were put into hospitals.
Burundi-Cholera(Bujumbura)
20 Jul 2009
Afrique en Ligne, Panafrican News Agency (PANA) report [edited][ProMed]
Some 27 residents of the Burundian capital, Bujumbura, have been hospitalized for cholera, medical sources told PANA here Mon 20 Jul 2009.
Cholera broke out 11 Jul 2009 in 3 neighborhoods in the northern part of Bujumbura, and has since spread to other areas. No deaths have so far been recorded. The high prevalence of diarrheal diseases in the popular neighborhoods in Bujumbura has been blamed on poor sanitation and lack of potable water, among others.
Angola-Cholera
15 Jul 2009
Angola Press Agency (Angop) [edited][ProMed]
Health authorities have reported 1250 cases of cholera that killed 35 across the country during the 1st half of 2009, it was learned Wed 15 Jul 2009. The data were released by the Epidemiological Data Processing Centre (CPDE) of the National Health Department.
The source noted that the country recorded a sharp drop of cholera cases, judging by the number of the cases reported in the same period of 2008 (5000), which claimed 125 lives.
Kenya-Cholera(Eastern Province)
12 Jul 2009
Kenya Broadcasting Corporation (KBC) [edited][ProMed]
Two people have died from what is suspected to be cholera in Isiolo, Eastern Province. The men aged 35 and 80 died in their homes in Quarry Kuu village near the border of Isiolo and Imenti North districts. Eyewitnesses said the victims had earlier complained of severe stomachache, vomiting, and diarrhea.
Four children from the same village were rushed to hospital with similar symptoms where one was admitted, and the others aged between 3 through 7 were treated and discharged.
The villages reported the matter to Isiolo medical officer of health (MOH) Dr Stephen Kiluva who visited the area with a medical team to ascertain whether the 2 died from cholera and to sensitize residents on measures to take to ensure the disease does not spread.
More than 20 people have so far died of cholera in Isiolo district since March 2009.
Kenya-Cholera
08 Jul 2009
Independent Online [edited][ProMed]
The number of Kenyans who have died since the start of 2009 in a cholera outbreak has risen to 89, the Red Cross Society said on Wednesday [8 Jul 2009], warning water shortages could spread the disease to Nairobi.
A Kenya Red Cross Society spokesperson said that since the 1st case was reported in the western Nyanza province in late December 2008, a total of 4000 cases and 89 deaths were confirmed. He added that water shortages across the country had led many people, including in the capital, to buy water, often from unreliable sources.
Swaziland-Cholera, prison(Lubombo)
07 Jul 2009
The Swazi Observer [edited][ProMed]
Following reports of a cholera outbreak in Big Bend prison, acting commissioner of correctional services has visited the centre on a health assessment mission. In a brief interview yesterday [6 Jul 2009], he was quoted as saying 10 people at Big Bend prison have been diagnosed with cholera. Six of these are prison officers, while the remaining are inmates. The number of people to have contracted cholera at the prison has just recently shot up. Just recently, only 4 correctional staffers had been positively identified as having the disease, while 2 inmates had been diagnosed.
Currently, a tanker is used for water supply at the prison instead of running water, and this has raised concern that the use of portable instead of running water may further exacerbate the situation.
Swaziland-Cholera(Mbabane)
02 Jul 2009
The Swazi Observer [edited][ProMed]
A 5-year-old child has died of cholera in an outbreak in Mndobandoba and Mahlabaneni areas, the Minister of Health revealed. Eight new cases have been reported in the area, bringing to 16 the number of reported cases.
Addressing Members of Parliament in the House of Assembly, the Minister said although they were yet to undertake further tests at a Government Hospital on the child's issue, preliminary results from another hospital were that cholera was the cause of death.
May
Uganda-Hepatitis E kills 2, leaves 60 infected in Kitgum
29 May 2009
Daily Monitor [edited][ProMed]
Latest statistics in Kitgum District indicate that the deadly hepatitis E [virus infection] has killed 2 people and left 60 others infected in the last 2 weeks. The figure now brings the total number of infections in the district to 1010, while the death toll stands at 160, since the disease broke out last year [2008].
During the district's review meeting on Tuesday [26 May 2009], Mucwini, Amida, Lukung, Matidi, Palabek Gem, town council and Padibe subcounties were singled out among the high risk areas with special treatment units opened for patients.
An official explained that the district has now introduced a new strategy to ensure compliance to health standards in homes which include levying a fine of 5000 Ugandan shillings [USD 2.24] on every homestead found without a proper latrine or a minimum of 3 months in prison among other penalties.
Ghana-Guinea worm infections dwindle in Upper West
15 May 2009
The Upper West Region recorded only one case of guinea worm infection at Chawuli in the Wa East District in November 2007, giving hope that the region was now moving towards a total eradication of the disease.
Since then, only one imported case was discovered in the Jirapa District in January 2008.
An expert was quoted as saying the region has within the past few years made great strides in guinea worm eradication, but their problem was that the region shared boundaries with the Northern Region where the disease was still widespread and they could therefore not rule out imported cases from time to time.
He attributed this remarkable improvement in the eradication of the disease to intensive education, which had succeeded in changing the behaviour and attitude of the people towards the disease. The expert said although good water played a part in the eradication process it was not entirely responsible without other factors like change in behaviour and attitude of the people.
April
Ghana-MOH calls for exchange of food safety information mechanisms
27 April 2009
EatSafe Ghana
The Minister of Health, Dr. George Sipa-Yankey has called for the establishment of mechanisms to promote the exchange of food safety information among developed and developing countries.
He said the rapid globalization of food production and trade has increased the spread of international incidences of food borne illnesses across the globe.
Dr. Sipa-Yankey was speaking at the third Go-Global Conference and Consortium meeting in Accra.
The theme for the conference is: “Emerging Food Safety Risks, the challenges to international trade.”
Africa –Cholera
13 April 2009
Relief Web
Angola:More than 200,000 people are directly affected by the flood of which 52,646 are reported displaced in Cunene. 24 deaths are now reported. With rains and flooding expected to continue into the middle of May, concerns have been expressed about the risk of water-borne diseases. The number of cholera cases reported as of 4th April is 487 and 2 deaths (CFR 0.4%).
DRC:In Katanga, 51 new cases without death reported in week 14. In South Kivu, 74 new cases with 1 death reported in week 14.
Kenya:Six of the eight provinces have reported cases of cholera. The worst affected districts are in Nyanza province. As at 8th April 2009, the total number of reported cholera cases has risen to 2,149 with 43 deaths (CFR = of 1.8%). WHO and Ministry of health Technical team are on the ground supporting the District teams and others.
Zimbabwe:Cholera cases are still being reported but a slight decline in the number has been noted. 81 Cases and 2 deaths were reported on 10th of April compared to 137 cases and 0 deaths the day before. A total of 95,738 cases and 4,154 deaths (CFR: 4.3) have been reported as of 10th April 2009.
Mozambique:The ongoing cholera outbreak has affected all the provinces. In week 13, a total of 756 new cases were reported. A cumulative 15,036 cases with 132 deaths (CFR: 0.9%) have been reported.
March
Uganda –Hepatitis E Virus
9 Mar 2009
The Daily Monitor (Uganda) [edited] [Promed]
According to this story, at least 12 new cases of hepatitis E virus have been reported in Pader District, a top official of a taskforce instituted to eliminate the disease in the district has confirmed. The official told the Daily Monitor on Friday [6 Mar 2009] the outbreak was first reported on 21 Feb 2009. "There are 12 persons that are suspected to have hepatitis E, according to their symptoms," he said. He also said that the affected persons are from Pajule in Kibong village were 5 cases have been reported; 2 other cases were in Payimol; 2 in Acholi bur; Lapul village had 2; and one person in Awere. All the cases are of school children.
He added that they are not leaving anything to chance in the fight against the epidemic. "The task force is on the ground to sensitize people on hygiene in their areas of return and in the camps," the official said. Sanitation in the district is worrying as only 22 percent of the families have toilets. The rest ease themselves in bushes and this explains the continued contamination of water points in the district.
The health inspector in charge of Aruu County, Ms Ruth Among, said blood samples where taken to Kampala on Thursday [5 Mar 2009] for tests. "While we are waiting for the results from the samples, we are treating these people because they have all the symptoms of persons with hepatitis E," she said.
The disease has found a safe ground in northern Uganda. In the first 4 weeks of this year [2009], Kitgum District had 53 cases.
The cumulative number of hepatitis E cases to date [9 Mar 2009] stands at 128 since the epidemic was first reported on 21 May 2008.
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South Africa -Cholera
9 Mar 2009
Agence France-Presse (AFP) [edited] [Promed]
It is reported that a cholera outbreak in South Africa is being brought under control after 59 people died and more than 12,000 were infected since November 2008, the health department said on Monday [9 Mar 2009].
"We are seeing a very welcome decline in figures," said the department's director-general. According to this story, most of the cases were in regions near the border with Zimbabwe, where more than 4000 people have been killed by the disease. But officials said the outbreak in South Africa could not be blamed entirely on Zimbabwe.
"Cholera started to develop in South Africa as a consequence of general living conditions and unsafe water supplies,"the Health Minister told a press briefing. Government also defended the decision to shut down a makeshift refugee camp on the Zimbabwe border housing thousands of asylum seekers, saying the conditions there were appalling.
"The situation is totally untenable," said the Water Minister. She said crowds at the municipal showgrounds often swelled to 8000 in the evenings as farmworkers came to try and receive food parcels meant for asylum seekers in the border town of Musina. Global medical charity Doctors Without Borders had denounced plans to shut down the refugee camp.
Related stories
9 Feb 2009-Cholera(Limpopo)
Sowetan [edited] [Promed]
According to this story, another death has been recorded in Limpopo, bringing to 21 the total number of deaths as a result of cholera in the province. The latest victim was a 26 year old man who died while receiving treatment at the Siloam Hospital outside Thohoyandou. The spokesman for the provincial department of health and social development said yesterday [8 Feb 2009] 63 new cholera cases were recorded at the weekend. This, he said, indicated a decline in new cases recorded on a daily basis. But the total number of cases that had been seen has exceeded the 4000 mark since the outbreak of the disease on 15 Nov 2008. Seloba said there were 11 new cases in Vhembe, 28 in Capricorn, 11 in Sekhukhune, 4 in Mopani and 9 in the Waterberg districts.
7 Feb 2009-Cholera
Independent Online [edited] [Promed]
A total of 51 people have died from cholera in South Africa over the past 3 months, MPs heard on Wednesday [4 Feb 2009]. Presenting the latest figures on the cholera epidemic, the health department communicable diseases manager told Parliament's water affairs portfolio committee there have been a total of 8100 cases in the country since October-November 2008.
Most of these, 4165 cases, had been in Mpumalanga, the province with the most deaths, 30. Second was Limpopo, with 3680 cases and 20 deaths. There had also been 234 cases in Gauteng, with 3 deaths. Less affected provinces were Western Cape (9 cases, 1 death), North West (7 cases), KwaZulu-Natal (2 cases, 1 death), Eastern Cape (1 case), Free State (1 case) and Northern Cape (1 case).
The figures for some other countries in the region cover the period from October or November 2008 up to mid-January 2009. While South Africa has been the worst affected, Mozambique, which has reported 3333 cases and 46 deaths, is not far behind. Zimbabwe's northern neighbour, Zambia, has 2267 reported cases of the disease, with 28 deaths; Angola has reported 643 cases and 8 deaths; and Namibia 58 cases and 5 deaths. Botswana has reported only 6 cases, and no deaths.
4 Feb 2009 –Cholera(Limpopo)
Sowetan [edited] [Promed]
80 new cholera cases have emerged in Limpopo as the disease continues to spread like wild fire in the province. The official death toll remained unchanged at 20 yesterday [3 Feb 2009]. The Provincial spokesman for the department of health and social development said new cases of infections were increasing and putting the lives of ordinary people in danger. The latest developments bring to 3680 the total number of cases that had been dealt with since the outbreak of the disease on 15 Nov 2008. He said the Vhembe district had 16 new cases, Capricorn 37, Sekhukhune 9, Mopani 2, and Waterberg 16. The disease was first believed to have been brought about as a result of the high influx of Zimbabweans who crossed into South Africa to seek treatment. This was after they were found to have been exposed to contaminated sewerage water in their country, resulting in the outbreak. But now the majority of those contracting the disease or dying from it are South African citizens.
2 Feb 2009-Cholera(Mpumalanga)
South African Government Information [edited] [Promed]
Since the outbreak of cholera in the Mpumalanga province, as of 1 Feb 2009, 4165 cases have been seen in various health facilities in the province. There are also 26 confirmed deaths thus far. The deaths were reported in the following areas; Mbombela North 3, Thabachweu 1, and Bushbuckridge 22.
The areas that are most affected are Mbombela North with 2206 cases; Bushbuckridge with 1443; Mbombela south with 184; Nkomazi with 166, Thabachweu with 161, and Umjindi with 6 cases.
2 Feb 2009 –Cholera(Mpumalanga, Limpopo)
The Times, South African Press Association (SAPA) report [edited] [Promed]
According to this story, 11 more people have died of cholera in Mpumalanga and Limpopo, the provinces' health departments said. The Mpumalanga spokesman said 7 more people had died of cholera related illness in the province, bringing the death toll to 26 in the region. The Limpopo health spokesman said 4 deaths had been confirmed. This put the province's cholera death toll to 20. Seloba added the 4 deaths were not recent, but that the department had received test results only on Monday [2 Feb 2009] confirming the 4 victims had had cholera.
A total of 4165 people with cholera symptoms had been treated in Mpumalanga alone by Monday afternoon [2 Feb 2009] since the outbreak, lamed on the Zimbabwean collapse as well as government's lack of delivery in SA [South Africa], began during November 2008. Limpopo officials said 3600 people in the province were suffering from cholera symptoms.
27 Jan 2009-Cholera(Limpopo)
The Times, South African Press Association (SAPA) report [edited] [Promed]
According to this story, the number of cholera patients in Limpopo has passed the 3000 mark since an outbreak hit the province almost 3 months ago, the provincial health department said today [27 Jan 2009]. Spokesman Phuti Seloba said a total of 3114 people affected by cholera had been through the province's health facilities since November 2008. It is reported that these cases included 82 people reported over the last day. A total of 11 lives had been lost to the disease in the province.Vhembe, together with Sekhukhune and Capricorn districts, was identified as having the highest number of cholera patients with 68 new cases treated in the areas over the last day.
21 Jan 2009 –Cholera(Limpopo)
IOL (Independent Online, South Africa) [edited] [Promed]
It is reported that a 10th person has died of cholera in Limpopo, the provincial health department said on Wednesday [21 Jan 2009]. A spokesperson said another 2650 people were confirmed to have the waterborne disease since November 2008. He said a total of 102 new cases were recorded by Wednesday afternoon [21 Jan 2009] with Sekhukhune and Capricorn accounting for the highest number at 65.
The story goes on by explaining that last week [week of 12 Jan 2009], the Greater Sekhukhune District Municipality allocated [ZAR] 18 million [approx. USD 1.78 million] to the fight against the spread of cholera in the region. A Municipality spokesperson said on Tuesday [20 Jan 2009] that Sekhukhune, which has been mostly affected by the cholera outbreak, planned to intensify efforts to provide clean water and fight the spread of the disease. He said this was to be done by speedily repairing all water infrastructures that had broken down in the affected areas and to continue to supply water tankers to places without proper infrastructure.
19 Jan 2009 –Cholera(Limpopo)
Sowetan [edited] [Promed]
It is reported that 68 new cases of cholera were reported in Limpopo yesterday [18 Jan 2009]. This brings to 2348 the total number of cases throughout South Africa that have been reported since the outbreak of the disease in November 2008. A Department of Health and Social Development spokesman said that they were concerned at the rate at which the disease was spreading in the province. The spokeman said they were continuing with the campaign to educate communities to ensure that people know what measures to take to deal with the disease.
19 Jan 2009–Cholera(Mpumalanga)
AllAfrica, BuaNews (Tshwane) report [edited] [Promed]
A total of 49 cases of cholera and 19 deaths have been confirmed in Mpumalanga. Speaking to BuaNews on Monday [19 Jan 2009], the provincial Department of Health spokesperson said 49 cases were confirmed while 142 diarrhea cases had been reported at clinics. A total of 139 have been hospitalized. He also said tests done at the Maribi River had showed the presence ofVibrio cholerae, which is the bacterium which causes cholera. Residents from affected areas, including Bushbuckridge, have been urged to refrain from using water from nearby rivers and streams.
15 Jan 2009 -Cholera
The Times [edited] [Promed]
According to this story, cholera is spreading in South Africa -- and fast. There have been more than 2000 infections in Limpopo, and Mpumalanga has recorded its first cholera death. 9 new cholera infections were reported in Mpumalanga yesterday [14 Jan 2009]. This brings to 13 the number of people who have died from the disease.
The Department of health spokesman said: "We are dealing with a communicable disease. People are traveling from Zimbabwe [and] moving into Gauteng and Western Cape." He said health workers "are working flat out. Sometimes people seek help too late when they have complicated symptoms. We are dealing with a complicated problem and we just cannot quarantine people."
An Mpumalanga health department spokesman said the province was on high alert after laboratory tests confirmed that a South African woman who died on 5 Jan 2009 had succumbed to cholera after visiting Zimbabwe with her husband. 9 other cholera cases were recorded at Mpumalanga clinics and hospitals. The spokesman said the provincial health department was monitoring the rivers in all the areas in which cholera had been reported.
A spokesman for the Limpopo health department said [the number of] cholera infections in the province had reached 2023, with 49 new cases confirmed yesterday [14 Jan 2009]. All the patients are South African.
The Western Cape health department's spokesman said there had been 7 cholera infections to date. In KwaZulu-Natal, the department of health's spokesman, said only 2 cholera cases had been confirmed in the province. Four suspected cases had been incorrectly diagnosed.
Gauteng has 33 cholera infections confirmed, and it is suspected that 173 people have contracted the disease, the health department spokeswoman said.
Both North West and Eastern Cape have been relatively unscathed by the disease, but isolated cases of cholera infection have been reported.
12 Jan 2009- CholeraWHO-Weekly emergency situation update vol 2, no 2
UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), ReliefWeb, WHO report [edited] [Promed]
Cholera outbreaks are still on going in Botswana (5 confirmed cases without death on 8 Jan 2009), Malawi (370 cases with 13 deaths (CFR 3.5 percent) as of 6 Jan 2009), South Africa (as of 5 Jan 2009, a total of 1608 cumulative cases and 14 deaths (CFR 0.87 percent) were reported).
12 Jan 2009 -Cholera
IOL(Independent Online, South Africa) [edited] [Promed]
According to this story, on Monday [12 Jan 2009], 77 new suspected and confirmed cholera cases were reported in South Africa. There were 64 new suspected cholera cases reported in Limpopo and Gauteng. A total of 13 confirmed cholera cases were reported in the Western Cape, KwaZulu-Natal, and North West.
The Limpopo Water Affairs chief director said on-going tests of water resources in the province indicated that parts of the Tubatse River in the Steelpoort area were contaminated with cholera. However, he said other parts of the river tested negative. The chief director said they were still investigating if the water was contaminated by human beings or the environment.
It is reported that also that according to the Limpopo health spokesperson, about 48 new suspected cases were reported, taking the total number of those affected by the disease in the province to 1802. He said 11 of the 48 new cases were reported in the areas where the Tubatse River tested positive. The province's cholera death toll remained at 9.
The story goes on by explaining that meanwhile, the number of new cases had increased in other South African provinces. The Gauteng health spokesperson reported the second highest increased number of suspected cases at 16, bringing the total of people affected in the province to 160 from Friday's [9 Jan 2009] 144. Of the 160 suspected cases, only 30 were confirmed as cholera. The Gauteng cholera death toll still stood at 3.
Western Cape health spokesperson Faiza Steyn said they had 7 confirmed cases by Monday [12 Jan 2009]. The province had not had any cholera-related deaths. KwaZulu-Natal reported 4 new suspected cases in the Zululand district. The Spokesperson for the province's health department said the cases increased KwaZulu-Natal's confirmed number of cholera cases to 6.
The North West, which had reported 2 cases in December 2008, recorded 2 new cases in the first week of January 2009. However, the province's health spokesperson said all cases had since been cleared.
Of the most recent patients, one was admitted to a private hospital and another to a public hospital in Rustenburg. According to this story, one of the patients, a Mozambican man, was discharged last week [5-11 Jan 2009] and the other, a Zimbabwean woman, was released from hospital on Monday [12 Jan 2009].
The Eastern Cape health spokesperson said they had not had any new cholera cases since the December 2008 single confirmed case.
9 Jan 2009-Cholera(Limpopo)
Mail & Guardian [edited] [Promed]
According to this story, 68 new cholera cases have been reported in Limpopo. 11 new cases were recorded in Musina and Madimbo, 46 in Dilokong and 11 in Botlokwa since 8 Jan 2009, The department spokesperson said that "Our hot spots at the moment are Botlokwa and Dilokong. At present, there were 1634 cases of cholera in Limpopo that have been recorded since the outbreak,". He said the department expected to treat more cholera patients as Zimbabweans were moving back into South Africa in large numbers.
8 Jan 2008 –Cholera(KwaZulu-Natal)
Independent Online [edited] [Promed]
According to this story, 41-year-old Zululand woman has been diagnosed with cholera, the KwaZulu-Natal health department said on Thursday [8 Jan 2009]. A spokesperson said this case brought the number of confirmed cases in the province to 3. Tests on several others with suspected cholera were negative. The story goes on by explaining that two others who were diagnosed with the water-borne disease in December 2008 included a Zimbabwean trucker who died and an Ethiopian man who traveled through Zimbabwe to South Africa. He was treated at the Nkonjeni Hospital in Zululand and survived. The South African victim had told health workers she had never been to Zimbabwe and had never traveled "anywhere far in her life."
5 Jan 2009 –Cholera- WHO
World Health Organization (WHO) [edited] [Promed]
Cholera outbreak: as of 4 Jan 2009, a total of 1529 cumulative cases and 13 deaths (CFR: 0.85 percent) were reported.
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Somalia -Cholera- (Middle Shabelle)
8 Mar 2009
AllAfrica, Shabelle Media Network (Mogadishu) report [edited] [Promed]
It is reported that at least 11 people died of cholera for the last 24 hours in Qordheer village in Rage Elle District in Middle Shabelle [Shabelle Dhexe] Region in south-central Somalia. 8 children and 3 women are confirmed dead in the village.
According to this story, there is also a water shortage and drought in the area.
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Zimbabwe -Cholera- WHO
8 Mar 2009
UN Office for Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), ReliefWeb, Government of Zimbabwe; WHO report [edited] [Promed]
Highlights of the day:
- 255 cases and 2 deaths added today (in comparison 631 cases and 18 deaths yesterday [7 Mar 2009])
- 32.2 percent of the districts affected have reported today (19 out of 59 affected districts)
- 90.3 percent of districts reported to be affected (56 districts out of 62)
- cumulative institutional case fatality rate 1.8 percent
Related Stories:
11 Feb 2009-Cholera– WHO
UN Office for Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), ReliefWeb, Government of Zimbabwe; WHO report [edited] [Promed]
Highlights of the day:
- 1698 cases and 12 deaths added today (compared with 767 cases and 40 deaths yesterday [10 Feb 2009])
- 49 percent of the districts affected have reported today (29 out of 59 affected districts)
- 90 percent of districts reported to be affected (56 districts/62)
- cumulative institutional case fatality rate 1.91 percent
- daily institutional case fatality rate 0.35 percent
- Harare's deaths revised downwards by 1 (from 110 to 109 community
deaths), Binga number of cases reduced by 3 (from 1077 to 1074)
- Binga's deaths now fully categorized into community and institutional
- no reports from Mashonaland East (Except Hwedza
9 Feb 2009 –Cholera: WHO
Government of Zimbabwe; World Health Organization (WHO) [edited] [Promed]
8 Feb 2009–Cholera
The Telegraph [edited] [Promed]
It is reported that the Zimbabwe's cholera epidemic has broken all African records and WHO predicts 100,000 people may be infected before it is contained. When cholera first started spreading last year [2008] the worst-case projections were that 60,000 people could fall ill. That total has already been surpassed, with well over 3000 dead. According to this story, while the cholera epidemic in Harare, the capital, has stabilized, in other more rural locations, cholera is raging. The International Federation of the Red Cross has deployed a large number of emergency response units in Zimbabwe, but neither it nor other humanitarian agencies can cope with the spread of cholera. WHO recently found that in a 2 week period in Midlands province infections quadrupled from 1000 to 4000, while deaths rose from 100 to 400.
The IFRC's spokesman, traveled across Zimbabwe last week [2-6 Feb 2009] and said that in Kwekwe, a mining town 100 miles west of Harare, the Imbizo clinic, which had no resources, was overrun with patients after admitting 130 in 3 days.
3 Feb 2009 –Cholera- WHO
UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), ReliefWeb, Government of Zimbabwe; WHO report [edited] [Promed]
1 Feb 2009 -Cholera-WHO
UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), ReliefWeb, Government of Zimbabwe; WHO report [edited] [Promed]
27 Jan 2009–Cholera- WHO
UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), ReliefWeb, Government of Zimbabwe; WHO report [edited] [Promed]
Highlights of the day:
- 1579 cases and 57 deaths added today (in comparison 2817 cases and 102 deaths yesterday [26 Jan 2009])
- 68.9 percent of the districts affected have reported today (40 out of 58 affected districts)
- 88.7 percent of districts reported to be affected (55 districts/62)
- institutional case fatality rate 2.1 percent
- Daily institutional case fatality rate 1.2 percent
25 Jan 2009 –CholeraWHO
UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), ReliefWeb, Government of Zimbabwe; WHO report [edited] [Promed]
22 Jan 2009–Cholera
BBC News [edited][Promed]
According to this story, the main impact of Zimbabwe's cholera epidemic has shifted from urban areas to rural areas, making its containment much harder, a medical charity says. Medecins Sans Frontieres [MSF] added that the disease was spreading to remote areas, while cases in some urban areas, like Harare, were decreasing.It is reported that the rainy season could lead to even more infections, as water sources become contaminated, aid workers warn. A MSF Zimbabwe representative said that small villages off the main roads were now being affected following the Christmas holidays [2008], when urban residents went home.
21 Jan 2009-CholeraWHO
UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), ReliefWeb, Government of Zimbabwe; WHO report [edited] [Promed]
19 Jan 2009-Cholera- WHO
UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), ReliefWeb, Government of Zimbabwe; WHO report [edited] [Promed]
16 Jan 2009 –Cholera
Government of Zimbabwe; World Health Organization (WHO) [edited][Promed]
12 Jan 2009-CholeraWHO
UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), ReliefWeb, Government of Zimbabwe; WHO report [edited] [Promed]
Highlights of the day:
- 1472 cases and 117 deaths added today (in comparison 541 cases and 25 deaths yesterday [11 Jan 2009])
- 68 percent of the districts affected have reported today (38 out of 55 affected districts)
- 89 percent of districts reported to be affected (55 districts/62)
- newly affected areas: Chamunangana (Beitbridge), Ngungumbane (Mberengwa)
12 Jan 2009WHO-Weekly emergency situation update vol 2, no 2
UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), ReliefWeb, WHO report [edited] [Promed]
The cholera outbreak is not under control. As of 9 Jan 2009, a total of 37,556 cases with 1915 deaths (CFR 5.1 percent) have been reported in 55 of the 62 districts (89 percent) countrywide.
11 Jan 2009 –Cholera WHO
UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), ReliefWeb, WHO report [edited] [Promed]
Zimbabwe: daily cholera update and alerts, 11 Jan 2009
- 541 cases and 25 deaths added today [11 Jan 2009] (compared with 300 cases and 12 deaths yesterday [10 Jan 2009])
- 27 percent of the districts affected have reported today (15 out of 55 affected districts)
- 89 percent of districts reported to be affected (55 districts/62)
- newly affected areas: Shambwe RHC (Beitbridge)
8 Jan 2009 –Cholera- WHO
Government of Zimbabwe; World Health Organization (WHO) [edited] [Promed]
Highlights of the day:
- 632 cases and 28 deaths added today [8 Jan 2009] (in comparison to 709 cases and 26 deaths yesterday).
- 52.7 percent of the districts affected have reported today (29 out of 55 affected districts).
- 88.7 percent of districts reported to be affected (55 districts/62).
- All 10 of the country's provinces are affected.
- Matate area in Gokwe South (4 households affected), Rumour in Munyati Area of Kwekwe, Makuwerere and Rambire in Mberengwa.
6 Jan 2009 –Cholera
Government of Zimbabwe; World Health Organization (WHO) [edited] [Promed]
Highlights of the day:
- 1080 cases and 21 deaths added today (in comparison 675 cases and 59 deaths yesterday)
- 60 percent of the districts affected have reported today (33 out of 55 affected districts)
- 88.7 percent of districts reported to be affected (55 districts/62)
- All 10 of the country's provinces are affected
5 Jan 2009 –Cholera- WHO
World Health Organization (WHO) [edited] [Promed]
The cholera outbreak is not under control. As of 4 Jan 2009; a total of 33,579 cases with 1671 deaths (CFR, 5 percent) have been reported in 54 of the 62 districts (87 percent) countrywide. WHO and other partners are supporting the response activities.
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Kenya -Cholera(Eastern Province), Ethiopia (Oromia Region)
5 Mar 2009
Kenya Broadcasting Corporation (KBC) [edited] [Promed]
Three people have died and 46 others have been treated at Moyale District Hospital following an outbreak of cholera. The area acting Medical Officer of Health said 5 people were currently admitted at the hospital while the rest were treated and discharged.
The Dr said specimens taken from the patients were examined by the Disease Control Surveillance Unit from Embu, which confirmed the cholera outbreak. He said the disease was first spotted across the border in Ethiopia where 15 people have reportedly died and 108 others admitted at an emergency cholera treatment centre set up by the Ethiopian government to contain the outbreak.
It is reported that the most affected areas were Hellu, Biashara, and Manyatta Burji on the outskirts of Moyale town.
Related Stories
12 Feb 2009-Cholera, Somali refugees(North Eastern province)
Xinhua News Agency [edited] [Promed]
According to this story, on Thursday [12 Feb 2009], two relief agencies said that one case of cholera and 14 suspected cases have been reported in the Hagadera refugee camp in Dadaab, [north east] Kenya, numbers that have the potential to spike as Somali refugees inundate already overstretched camps.
12 Jan 2009-WHO-Weekly emergency situation update vol 2, no 2
There is an on-going cholera outbreak in the 3 districts of Mandera. Over 1400 cases, 13 deaths reported since 17 Nov 2008.
5 Jan 2009 –Cholera- WHO
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Zambia -Cholera(Central Province)
3 Mar 2009
AllAfrica, Times of Zambia report [edited] [Promed]
According to this story, District Commissioner, has said 3 more people have died of suspected cholera in Chief Chisomo's area in Serenje, bringing the total number to 14. The Commissioner said in an interview yesterday [2 Mar 2009] the number of patients admitted to the local clinic had also swelled to 10.
"Preliminary tests are so far pointing to cholera and we trying our best to contain the situation to stop further deaths. Of all admissions so far, 6 people have been discharged and we have opened up 2 satellite camps in Kaombe and Chimbaya which shall later be transformed into cholera bays," he said.
Last Wednesday [25 Feb 2009], 9 people died after drinking suspected contaminated water in Kaombe and Chimbaya are as in Vice-President George Kunda's Muchinga constituency in Serenje district. Meanwhile, the disaster management and mitigation unit (DMMU) under the office of the vice-president has sent a helicopter to Serenje district to help in transporting cholera patients to access medicine. According to Central Province Minister; the helicopter was meant to access places that were not passable by road in Chief Chisomo area where suspected cholera had broken out.
Related Stories:
29 Jan 2009- Cholera(Northwestern, Southern provinces)
Xinhua News Agency [edited] [Promed]
According to this story, cholera has broken out in Choma, in Southern Province of Zambia, with 2 cases recorded in the district so far, Zambia News and Information Services (ZANIS) reported on Thursday [29 Jan 2009]. The District commissioner confirmed this to ZANIS in Choma on that day. He said there have been no deaths recorded so far. In Solwezi, in Northwestern Province, the cholera outbreak, which claimed 2 lives at Chiljingejinge 2 weeks ago, has been contained. The Solwezi district medical doctor disclosed that 20 cases of suspected cholera were reported at the Kimasala cholera isolation center, 18 were admitted and 14 were treated and discharged. He said 6 clients tested positive of cholera and were under treatment and in stable condition.
21 Jan 2009-Cholera(North-Western province)
Xinhua News Agency [edited] [Promed]
Another case of suspected cholera has been recorded in Solwezi at Songisa Village in ********* area near Solwezi River in [the North-Western province of] Zambia, bringing the number of patients to 3, Zambia News and Information Services (ZANIS) reported on Wednesday 21 [Jan 2009]. The Solwezi District Medical Doctor confirmed that the patient was taken to Kimasala cholera isolation center for treatment at 6 p.m. local time (1600 GMT) on Tuesday [20 Jan 2009], ZANIS said. He said the first 2 cholera patients, both of one family, who were admitted to the isolation center, are responding to treatment and they will be discharged in 2 days
13 Jan 2009 -Cholera
The Times (Zambia), SAPA-DPA report [edited] [Promed]
Cholera deaths in Zambia have reached 28 as the southern African nation battles to contain about 2000 reported cases of cholera, according to radio reports today [13 Jan 2009]. The Ministry of Health spokesman told a private radio program that traffic from neighboring Zimbabwe and poor water and sanitation systems, mainly in Zambia's peripheral urban areas have contributed to the spread of the waterborne disease.
Africa - CholeraWHO-Weekly emergency situation update vol 2, no 2
12 Jan 2009
UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), ReliefWeb, WHO report [edited] [Promed]
Cholera outbreak: 6 provinces are affected; as of 6 Jan 2009, a total of 1759 cases with 21 deaths (figures have been reviewed) have been reported in Lusaka District.
5 Jan 2009 –Cholera- WHO
World Health Organization (WHO) [edited] [Promed]
Cholera outbreak: 6 provinces are affected. As of 23 Dec 2008, a total of 1386 cases with 38 deaths have been reported in Lusaka District.
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Botswana -Cholera
2 Mar 2009
AllAfrica, Mmegi report [edited] [Promed]
According to this story, cholera cases have been on the rise since last December [2008]. At a press briefing on the update on the cholera situation in Botswana, the public health director said by 15 Dec 2008, 8 suspected cholera cases were reported, 3 of which were confirmed.
She revealed that since 24 Feb 2009, 55 suspected cases of cholera have been reported in various districts. She said of the 55, 15 have been confirmed to be cholera and of the number, 2 deaths have been reported. Both fatalities, she added, are a man and woman of Zimbabwean origin.
"All confirmed cases are adults, 5 males and 10 females. The nationalities of the confirmed cases are 2 from Botswana, a Zambian, and 12 Zimbabweans. The first Motswana case is originally from Zimbabwe. She has no history of having recently left Botswana. The second Motswana is from Palapye and has also reported never being out of the country recently. Contact tracing is ongoing for these cases and steps to trace possible source of infection is also ongoing," she said.
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5 Feb 2009-Cholera
Botswana Press Agency (BOPA) [edited] [Promed]
Since the outbreak of cholera in Zimbabwe, Botswana has so far recorded 10 cases. A 41 year old man recently died at Tsolamosese Clinic in Mogoditshane after showing cholera symptoms. According to the Director of Public Health, investigations are ongoing to determine if the actual cause of death was cholera. She said all the victims in the recorded cases are from Zimbabwe and because they were reported in different places, chances are that the disease could be all over the country. She advised people to follow strict hygienic measures to prevent the disease at all costs.
5 Jan 2009–Cholera- WHO
World Health Organization (WHO) [edited] [Promed]
As of 17 Dec 2008, 8 cholera suspected cases and 3 confirmed have been reported.
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Cape Verde -Tourists set to sue after hotel food has them sick in the sun
02 Mar 2009
Yorkshire Evening Post - Sophie Hazan [edited][iFSN]
It is reported that dozens of holidaymakers who fell sick on a sunshine break are taking legal action against their tour operators.
A group of 40 sunseekers – including six West Yorkshire families – want compensation after a stay at hotels on the Cape Verde islands, off the West African coast, left them seriously ill.
A further 70 people who were also affected have sought legal advice. Solicitors say calls are still coming in and they expect the number of complaints to hit 200.
According to this story, some guests who were there between August and October last year claim food at the hotels was undercooked, uneaten meals were re-served, and food was often left uncovered and unprotected from insects.
Within days the pair started to suffer from painful stomach cramps and diarrhea which left them room-bound for the whole fortnight's stay.
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February
South Africa -Pupils eat contaminated food
25 Feb 2009
iol - Sapa [edited][iFSN]
Over 300 pupils were taken to hospital after eating contaminated food at the Onkgopotse Tiro School outside Mafikeng in the North-West, the SABC reported on Wednesday. All the pupils suffered from stomach aches after supper on Tuesday night. Most of them were treated and discharged, but nine were still in the Mafikeng provincial hospital. The provincial health department sent specialists to test the food.
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South Africa –Rotten mincemeat(Kwazulu Natal)
20 Feb 2009
News24 [edited] [Promed]
About 500 children were admitted to hospital in Nongoma to be treated for food poisoning on Friday [20 Feb 2009], the KwaZulu-Natal health department said. They are believed to have eaten rotten mincemeat. They were taken to the Benedictine Hospital in the area for treatment.
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Malawi - Cholera
11 Feb 2009
AfricaNews[edited] [Promed]
According to this story, the cholera outbreak in Malawi is reported to have killed over 60 people. Media reports in the southern African country say about 67 people have died across the 17 affected districts. It is reported that the Malawi's capital Lilongwe is the hardest hit as recently its death toll stood at 39. The country's local daily of The Nation quoted minister of health Khumbo Kachali as saying over 2000 cases have been recorded since the start of the rainy season with 67 people reported dead. According to the report, this year's cholera cases are higher. Malawi has since established cholera camps in Lilongwe to fight the spread of the disease, which according to principal secretary for health has been caused by poor hygiene and drinking of unsafe water. The other districts affected by the disease are Balaka in the southern region, which has registered 203 cases with one death, Mangochi also in the southern region with 143 cases and 3 deaths; and Nkhata Bay in the northern region, which has registered 5 deaths.
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4 Feb 2009 –Cholera
Medecins Sans Frontieres [edited] [Promed]
As the cholera outbreak in Malawi escalates, the number of cases more than doubled in January 2009 with 1142 cumulative cases recorded and 39 deaths, and the number continues to rise.
Exacerbated by poor sanitation and rainy season floods, the outbreak started in the capital, Lilongwe, on 17 Nov 2008, quickly spreading to 2 of the capital's densely populated slums where there is no running water. The disease has now spread to more than 30 percent of the districts in the country, with the highest concentration remaining in and around Lilongwe.
"39 people have died from cholera with more than 1000 cases recorded," said Dr. Moses Massaquoi, medical coordinator in Malawi for Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF). "It's extremely worrying as the disease continues to spread and numbers mount. Every day the rain pounds down and people with no access to safe water resort to drinking untreated water from swamps or from unprotected wells in slums. As one of the poorest countries in the world, water and sanitation levels are extremely low. On top of this, the floods cause latrines to overflow and sewage then mixes with drinking water."
While cholera is endemic in Malawi, it has been 8 years since the country's worst outbreak, which killed almost 1000 people, so that much of the memory of how to respond to cholera is lost. As a result, MSF medical staff are carrying out intensive bedside training and mentoring for national Malawian nurses and assisting them in handling cases to increase their capacity to respond to and contain this outbreak.
2 Feb 2009 –Cholera(Central region)
Nyasa Times [edited] [Promed]
According to this story, cholera has broken out at Lilongwe police station and health authorities have since turned the police station into a cholera treatment center. The Central region police spokesman confirmed about the cholera outbreak but said there have been no deaths recorded so far. So far about 39 people have died across the country due to cholera. Lilongwe alone has had over 30 deaths. In a related development, at least one person out of the 3 cholera suspects who died recently in Kasungu has been confirmed to have died of the disease according to Kasungu district deputy health officer.
13 Jan 2009- Cholera(Chikwawa)
The Daily Times (Malawi) [edited] [Promed]
A suspected cholera patient was on Sunday [11 Jan 2009] admitted to Chikwawa District Hospital with medial authorities suspecting the disease has also affected some rural parts of the district. In an interview on 11 Jan 2009, the Chikwawa District [Southern Region] health officer confirmed the admission of the patient. However, he said the case in admission was subject to confirmation because specimen was sent to Queen Elizabeth Central Hospital in Blantyre.
According to this officer, the cholera suspect hails from Sipuni Village in Traditional Authority Katunga in the district. He said this was the first reported case of cholera in the district.
Likuni in Lilongwe was the first area in the country to report cases of cholera since the onset of this rainy season.
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Mozambique - Cholera
10 Feb 2009
UN Office for Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), Integrated Regional Information NetworksIRIN NewsNews [edited] [Promed]
Cholera has spread to all but 2 of Mozambique's 10 provinces, but that does not deter hundreds of vendors and buyers from crowding the waterlogged, garbage strewn Xiquelene market on the eastern outskirts of the capital, Maputo.
Outbreaks of cholera are common during the rainy season and there are still 2 months to go, so health authorities remain on high alert.
The numbers show the risk is real: according to the Ministry of Health, 2655 cases and 21 deaths were recorded in Mozambique during the month of January 2009 alone. Since the outbreak began in October 2008, there have been 4132 cholera cases and 52 cholera-related deaths. The latest cholera update by the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs noted that the case fatality rate since the outbreak began was 1.3 percent but had dropped to 0.56 percent in January 2009.
Only the 2 southern provinces of Gaza and Inhambane have not record cholera-related fatalities; the highest fatality rates were recorded in Mozambique's northern and central provinces of Nampula, Cabo Del Gado, Manica, and Tete.
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3 Feb 2009 –Cholera(Cabo Delgado)
AllAfrica [edited] [Promed]
It is reported that the health authorities in the northern Mozambican province of Cabo Delgado have warned that the cholera outbreak in this part of the country could worsen if attacks against health workers and sabotage of cholera treatment centres continue. Cabo Delgado has seen a wave of disinformation, according to which the very people trying to treat the disease are accused of spreading it. The story goes on by explaining that in the provincial capital, Pemba, and in the town of Montepuez tents used as cholera treatment centres have been burnt down, by angry mobs who have swallowed the rumour that the treatment centres cause the disease. Cholera has claimed 4 lives in Montepuez since the start of the outbreak in late December 2008. Over the past weekend, 30 new cases of the disease were reported in this district.
21 Jan 2009- Cholera(Tete)
The Earth Times [edited] [Promed]
According to this story, at least 13 people have died of cholera in Mozambique's northwestern Tete province, bringing to 84 the number of people in the country bordering Zimbabwe to have succumbed to the disease since October 2008, state radio reported Wednesday [21 Jan 2009]. The deaths were recorded in the districts of Moatize, Changa, and Tete town, where over 1000 people in total have been diagnosed with cholera. Health authorities in Tete attribute the increase in infections to the heavy rains that are pounding the region and surrounding countries, namely Zambia, Zimbabwe, and Malawi.
14 Jan 2009-Cholera in Nampula, Capo Delgado
African Press Agency[edited] [Promed]
It is reported that Mozambique's new cholera outbreak in the northern region of Nampula has killed 40 people. More than 60 others are seeking medical treatment daily, health officials said here Wednesday [13 Jan 2009]. The Nampula health director told APA in an interview that most of the densely populated suburbs in the provincial capital of Nampula contracted the preventable disease after drinking contaminated water and for practising poor hygiene. Radio Mozambique reported on Wednesday that 3 people died this week in the neighboring province of Cabo Delgado out of the 60 cases reported this month in the area. The health ministry said 103 people have died from the epidemic from 10,200 cases registered since March 2008.
12 Jan 2009
Africa - CholeraWHO-Weekly emergency situation update vol 2, no 2
UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), ReliefWeb, WHO report [edited] [Promed]
The cholera outbreak is on-going. 8 provinces are affected from a total of 11 provinces. According to the Ministry of Health, as of 4 Jan 2009, a total of 10,066 cases of cholera, including 113 deaths (CFR [case fatality rate] 1.12 percent), have been reported.
9 Jan 2009-Cholera
AllAfrica [edited] [Promed]
According to this story, so far this rainy season, 317 cases of cholera have been diagnosed in Maputo city, but nobody in the Mozambican capital has yet died of the disease. According to the Maputo City chief doctor, the first case in the current outbreak was diagnosed on 12 Oct 2008. She said that the cholera situation is under control and that there is no reason for alarm.
A cholera treatment centre (CTC) was reopened in the Mavalane General Hospital on 17 Dec 2008. She said also that currently 55 people are hospitalized there. Recently, the CTC has been receiving 15-20 patients a day, and the trend is for the number of new cases to decline.
Most of the cases have been reported from densely populated, poor neighborhoods such as Chmaculo, Mavalane and Polana-Canico. The story goes on by explaining that the Ministry of Health data indicate that over the past 10 months, there were about 3000 cholera cases in 8 of Mozambique's 11 provinces, resulting in 50 deaths.
5 Jan 2009 –Cholera- WHO
World Health Organization (WHO) [edited] [Promed]
The cholera outbreak is on-going. 8 provinces are now affected from a total of 11 provinces. On week 52, a total a 120 new cases with 1 death were reported. Cumulative total since week 34 is 1,996 cases with 40 deaths. WHO and partners are supporting the control of the outbreak.
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Ghana -Cholera- (Eastern region)
5 Feb 2009
Ghana Broadcasting Corporation [edited] [Promed]
The Eastern Regional Health Directorate recorded about 88 cholera cases from 10 Dec 2008 to 4 Jan 2009. The affected communities include Mamfe, Amonokrom, Akropong Akwapim North District. Mamfe recorded the highest number with 70 cases. The deputy eastern regional director in charge of public health attributed the problem to lack of good drinking water and poor environmental sanitation.
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Liberia -Bloody diarrhea(Bong)
4 Feb 2009
Liberian Observer [edited] [Promed]
The officer-in-charge of Shankpallah Clinic in Zota district (where the outbreak of the caterpillars was 1st observed) in Bong County, has disclosed that many people living in the area are suffering from 'bloody' diarrhea.
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Togo -Cholera(Maritime)
1 Feb 2009
Xinhua News Agency [in Chinese, trans. submitter AH, edited] [Promed]
According to media reports on 31 Jan 2009, Togo has experienced a cholera epidemic during which about 620 people have contracted cholera, of which 7 people died.
In December 2008 the Government of Togo in Lome had announced an outbreak of cholera. Since then, the World Health Organization (WHO) provided to Togo a number of cholera prevention measures and drugs. Togo broadcast media also published a notice, so that people understand the epidemic situation and preventive measures
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January
Nigeria, ***** -Cholera
30 Jan 2009
AllAfrica, The Daily Trust report [edited] [Promed]
According to this story, the Federal Ministry of Health has alerted the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) on the possible outbreak of cholera in some states. The delegation from the ministry informed NEMA that the disease may have broken out in parts of Ebonyi, Nassarawa, and Benue states, following reports of the epidemics in the neighboring countries.
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22 Jan 2009 -Gastroenteritis, fatal- (Ebonyi)
Xinhua News Agency [edited] [Promed]
An outbreak of a disease suspected to be gastroenteritis has claimed an unofficial figure of 15 lives in Ndiagu-Amagu village in Ikwo Local Government Area of Ebonyi this month [January 2009], the News Agency of Nigeria reported on Thursday [22 Jan 2009].
Sunday Nwangele, state commissioner for health announced in Abakaliki that 6 of the dead were male and 9 female including 5 children. He attributed the outbreak, which infected some 120 persons, to intake of contaminated water following the breakdown of the three boreholes in the area.Local last week [week of 12 Jan 2009] reported that at least 41 children died of gastroenteritis in another community in southeastern Nigeria's Ebonyi State. The disease was said to have started some weeks ago and to have gradually grown into epidemic with children between one to 10 being the most affected, with some in critical condition.
15 Jan 2009 –Cholera(Ebonyi)
Daily Sun [edited] [Promed]
According to this story, no fewer than 27 children between the ages of 4 and 10 years were reported dead on Tuesday [14 Jan 2009] at Ndiagu-Anagu in Ikwo Local Government Area of Ebonyi State as a result of suspected outbreak of severe gastroenteritis, otherwise known as cholera.According to a reliable source, the mysterious deaths which started few weeks ago have ravaged the rural community where children between the ages of 1 to 10 years were said to have been affected and are in critical condition.
11 Jan 2009-Cholera
China View, Xinhua News Agency [edited] [Promed]
It is explained in this story, that at least 3 people were killed and 35 others hospitalized following the suspected outbreak of cholera at Dokogi village in Nigeria's ***** state, the News Agency of Nigeria reported on Sunday [11 Jan 2009]. The villagers had alerted the authorities after a resident died from diarrhea and vomiting. An eyewitness claimed that more people reported their cases as the situation worsened, leading to the death of 2 more people. He said the council later mobilized its medical personnel, including those of the Federal Medical Center, Bida, to control the spread of the disease.
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Ghana -Cholera(Volta State)
16 Jan 2009
Ghanaian Chronicle [edited] [Promed]
It is reported that a cholera outbreak has hit the Anyako community in the Keta Municipality of the Volta Region, a development that has created fear and anxiety and panic among residents. The Keta municipal director of health serviceswho briefed the Chronicle, said that 8 out of the 249 affected people had already died. He said those who had been admitted to hospital and clinics in the municipality are responding to treatment. According to this story, the problem began on 12 Dec 2008, and he blamed the situation on poor environment and sanitation practices in the community. He disclosed that out of the 8 reported deaths, 7 of them died at home, while only one died at the hospital.
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Togo -Cholera(Maritime)
13 Jan 2009
UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), ReliefWeb, Int Fed of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies report [edited] [Promed]
The Togolese Red Cross (TRC) is assisting the government in controlling the outbreak of cholera epidemic in Lome [Golfe prefecture, Maritime Region] and its environs since December 2008. With 429 cases and 3 deaths reported since the outbreak, the Togolese Red Cross through its team of volunteers has been active in sensitizing the affected communities and carrying out health and hygiene activities. The national society is also involved in detecting and referring cases to health facilities. Though number of reported cases is decreasing in Lome, the Togolese Red Cross plans to intensify its activities in the affected communities as well as in neighbouring districts identified as prone to the widely contagious epidemic.
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Angola - CholeraWHO-Weekly emergency situation update vol 2, no 2
12 Jan 2009
UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), ReliefWeb, WHO report [edited] [Promed]
The cholera outbreak is still spreading. In week 2 of 2009, a total of 54 new cases without death were reported. Since the beginning of 2009, a cumulative number of 90 cases without death have been reported.
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5 Jan 2009 –Cholera- WHO
World Health Organization (WHO) [edited] [Promed]
The cholera outbreak is still spreading. On week 52 of 2008, a total of 131 new cases and 1 death were reported. From January to 28 Dec 2008, nationwide, 10,507 cases and 243 deaths were reported. WHO is supporting national authorities to strengthen coordination and response activities.
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Congo DR- CholeraWHO-Weekly emergency situation update vol 2, no 2
12 Jan 2009
UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), ReliefWeb, WHO report [edited] [Promed]
The cholera outbreak is still on-going in the North Kivu, on week one of 2009, a total of 119 cases with one death were reported in 6 health districts.
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Ethiopia- CholeraWHO-Weekly emergency situation update vol 2, no 2
12 Jan 2009
Acute watery diarrhea (AWD) has reappeared in Humbo district of Welayita zone in SNNPR [Southern Nations, Nationalities, and People's Region] according to the Federal Ministry of Health. In epidemiological week 51 [15-21 Dec] of 2008; 58 cases have been reported compared to 8 cases in epidemiological week 52.
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5 Jan 2009 –Cholera- WHO
World Health Organization (WHO) [edited] [Promed]
Acute Watery Diarrhea has been diagnosed in Humbo woredas of Wolaita zone in SNNPR with 58 new cases reported.
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Guinea-Bissau: CholeraWHO-Weekly emergency situation update vol 2, no 2
12 Jan 2009
The cholera outbreak is under control. On the first week of 2009, 2 cases without death were reported. A cumulative total of 14,228 cases and 225 deaths have been reported since the beginning of the outbreak.
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5 Jan 2009 –Cholera- WHO
The cholera outbreak is under control. One nonfatal case was reported in week 51. A cumulative total of 14,220 cases and 225 deaths have been reported since the beginning of the outbreak.
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Tanzania -Cholera(Mara)
10 Jan 2009
Daily News (Tanzania) [edited] [Promed]
According to this story, government medical experts have confirmed a cholera outbreak in 2 remote villages of Kisoria and Bwanza in Bunda District, Mara Region. "Until today (9 Jan 2009) there were 3 cholera patients admitted at an emergency health camp that we have put in place in the affected villages and one them is due to be discharged later today," the Bunda district medical officer (DMO) said.
It is reported that so far there have been no deaths caused by the disease that was first reported on 24 Dec 2008 in the area. "It is feared that 2 people have died after undergoing severe diarrhea but we can't say that it is cholera because they died before we confirmed the outbreak in the area," a spoke person explained.
The story goes on by explaining that the Mara regional medical officer (RMO) also confirmed the reports yesterday morning [9 Jan 2009], saying that the disease has only been reported in the 2 villages of Bunda across the lake zone region.
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