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CHOLERA, DIARRHEA AND DYSENTERY UPDATE 2010 (02): AFRICA
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In this update:
Africa
[1] Cholera - Zambia (Copperbelt)
[2] Cholera - Benin (Atlantique)
[3] Cholera - Angola (Benguela)
[4] Cholera - Nigeria (Rivers)
[5] Cholera - Zimbabwe (Midlands)
[6] Cholera - Tanzania (Mwanza)
[7] Cholera - Kenya (Nyanza)
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[1] Cholera - Zambia (Copperbelt)
Date: Sat 6 Feb 2010
Source: Lusaka Times [edited]
<http://www.lusakatimes.com/?p=23772>
Copperbelt Permanent Secretary Ville Lombanya says the province has
recorded more than 70 cases of cholera from Chililabombwe and Kitwe
districts in 2010. The PS said cholera has remained one of the
world's most under reported and neglected diseases which occur in
areas where access to safe water and sanitation is limited. Mr.
Lombanya said this in Kitwe at the Edinburgh hotel during the
provincial epidemics preparedness meeting. He said efficient cholera
control measures need to be put in place at the national and sub
region levels to prevent epidemics.
Chililabombwe district health director Dr. Kioso Mudimbiyi said the
district had recorded 2 deaths out of the 36 cases of cholera that
were confirmed.
Dr. Mudimbiyi in his presentation to the meeting said that
contaminated water as a result of vandalized water pipes and shallow
wells coupled with uncollected garbage have been identified to be a
source of the outbreak. He added that the district's technical
committee has intensified its monitoring of water quality in the district.
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[The districts mentioned are in the Copperbelt province of Zambia and
can be found in the north central part of the country at:
<http://www.un.org/Depts/Cartographic/map/profile/zambia.pdf>. - Mod.LL]
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[2] Cholera - Benin (Atlantique)
Date: Tue 2 Feb 2010
Source: UN Integrated Regional Information Networks (IRIN) [edited]
<http://www.irinnews.org/Report.aspx?ReportId=87964>
In Benin, cholera has killed 5 people in the past 2 weeks in a rare
dry-season outbreak. Health officials detected the 1st cases of the
diarrheal disease on 13 Jan 2010 in the town of Bonou, 90 km east of
the economic capital Cotonou, where 66 cases and 4 deaths were
recorded up to 29 Jan 2010, according to the Health Ministry's
director of sanitation Laurent Assogba. Three cases, one resulting in
death, have also been recorded in Cotonou, he said.
Cholera generally spreads during the rainy season when flooding can
contaminate water sources. The World Health Organization (WHO) says
cholera in the dry season is uncommon but it does occur. "Cholera is
not transmitted only via water during heavy rains," Aristide Roch
Sossou of WHO-Benin told IRIN. "Foods [kept in unhygienic conditions]
and dirty hands are also factors favoring cholera." He said studies
are underway to identify the source and transmission mode of the
disease in the latest outbreak.
In 2009 during the rainy season, at least 70 people died of cholera
in Benin, according to the Health Ministry.
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ProMED-mail Rapporteur Brent Barrett
[Cotonou is in Atlantique province in extreme southern Benin and can
be found on a map at:
<http://www.mapsofworld.com/benin/maps/benin-map.jpg>. - Mod.LL]
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[3] Cholera - Angola (Benguela)
Date: Mon 18 Jan 2010
Source: Angola Press [edited]
<http://www.portalangop.co.ao/motix/en_us/noticias/saude/2010/0/3/Over-cholera-cases-recorded-Ganda-district,6a08ac83-960f-43e5-b933-47198c1e371e.html>
A total of 31 cases of cholera, which resulted in one death, were
registered by the local health sector from October to December 2009
in the district of Ganda, 220 km southeast of Benguela city.
According to the head of the department of public health and control
of endemic diseases in Ganda, Daniel Chapo, the villages and
surrounding wards of the district, namely Sisal Lundungo, Indongo,
Lombas and Maias, are the most affected by the outbreak. He pointed
to the lack of basic sanitation in wards and villages as the cause of
the outbreak, having assured that the sector is implementing measures
to contain and prevent the disease.
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[Benguela province is in west central Angola and can be found on a
map at:
<http://www.un.org/Depts/Cartographic/map/profile/angola.pdf>. - Mod.LL]
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[4] Cholera - Nigeria (Rivers)
Date: Tue 19 Jan 2010
Source: The Nigeria Compass [edited]
<http://www.compassnews.net/Ng/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=38858:cholera-six-dead-78-hospitalised-in-rivers&catid=672:top-stories&Itemid=794>
Six persons were confirmed dead on 18 Jan 2010, while 78 others were
hospitalized following an outbreak of cholera at Opobo town in
Opobo/Nkoro Local Government of Rivers State. The medical officer in
charge of Opobo Health Centre, Dr Adio Mosumoluwa, said that the
casualties were recorded at the weekend.
"We have recorded 6 fatal casualties, and we have 58 patients at
Opobo Health Centre and another 20 at Nkoro town due to the
outbreak," Mosumoluwa said.
He said the health center needed equipment and materials like
antibiotic kits, universal bottles to collect urine samples, tetra
dishes to collect stools, and water. Commissioner for Information,
Mrs Ibim Semenitari, confirmed the outbreak and said a team had been
sent to collect water samples from the area.
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[The Rivers state is located in extreme south central Nigeria and can
be found on a map of the country at:
<http://www.un.org/Depts/Cartographic/map/profile/nigeria.pdf>. - Mod.LL]
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[5] Cholera - Zimbabwe (Midlands)
Date: Mon 11 Jan 2010
Source: Voice of America [edited]
<http://www1.voanews.com/zimbabwe/news/health/Zimbabwe-Another-Cholera-Death-Reported-in-Midlands-11Jan10-81153597.html>
The World Health Organization has reported another death from cholera
in the Midlands province of Zimbabwe, bringing the number of deaths
from the communicable disease in recent months to 6. A WHO report
said there were 149 confirmed cases of cholera and 5 deaths from the
disease between the beginning of September 2009 and 3 Jan 2010. It
said the latest death occurred in Sanyati, Midlands province.
Cholera claimed more than 4200 lives in Zimbabwe from late 2008
through mid-2009 as an epidemic raced out of control due to a
widespread lack of clean water and the virtual collapse of the state
health care system. The WHO said 10 of 62 districts in the country
have been affected by the cholera outbreak recently compared with 51
districts in 2009.
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[The Midlands province of Zimbabwe in the central part of the country
can be found on a map at:
<http://www.un.org/Depts/Cartographic/map/profile/zimbabwe.pdf>. - Mod.LL]
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[6] Cholera - Tanzania (Mwanza)
Date: Mon 11 Jan 2010
Source: The Citizen [edited]
<http://thecitizen.co.tz/newe.php?id=16760>
Cholera has killed at least 60 people in Mwanza Region in the last 5 months.
Regional medical officer Mashack Massi said the deaths were recorded
in Kwimba, Magu and Ukerewe districts from January 2009 to January 2010.
He said 35 out of 302 people who contracted the disease died in
Kwimba District between August and October 2009. Of the 218 persons
who contracted the disease in Ukerewe District, 20 died, while 15 out
of 84 persons who contracted cholera in Magu also died.
Cholera broke out again in December 2009 when 195 persons contracted
the disease, leading to the deaths of 18 people. Dr Massi said 7 out
68 people who contracted the disease in Kwimba District had died by 7
Jan 2010. He said most of those who contracted cholera in Ukerewe and
Magu districts did so after using contaminated water from Lake
Victoria, while many of the patients in Kwimba caught the disease
after visiting Magu District.
[Byline: Paulina David]
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[The province of Mwanza is in northern Tanzania and can be found on a
map at:
<http://www.un.org/Depts/Cartographic/map/profile/tanzania.pdf>. - Mod.LL]
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[7] Cholera - Kenya (Nyanza)
Date: Fri 8 Jan 2010
Source: The Daily Nation [edited]
<http://www.nation.co.ke/News/regional/-/1070/838680/-/8obnod/-/>
Hawking of cooked food in Ugunja Town, Ugenya District has been
banned following a suspected cholera outbreak. The move comes after
10 patients showing cholera symptoms were admitted to Ambira
Sub-District Hospital in Ugenya. Of the 10, one case was confirmed,
according to public health officials.
This forced the officers and Provincial Administration to hold an
emergency meeting to map out strategies on how to curb the spread of
the deadly disease.
Ugenya district commissioner Caroline Onchoka said efforts were being
made to contain it, adding that the public needs to observe proper
hygiene. The administrator said it was worrying that cholera breaks
out in Ugunja Town every 3 months and that steps must be taken to put
a halt to this pattern.
Greater Siaya disease surveillance officer James Sande said 4
patients were still admitted to Ambira hospital.
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[The areas mentioned are in the Nyanza province of Kenya in the
southwestern corner of the country and can be found on a map at:
<http://www.un.org/Depts/Cartographic/map/profile/kenya.pdf>. - Mod.LL]
[see also
Cholera, diarrhea & dysentery update 2010 (01): Europe, Asia 20100205.0387
2009
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Cholera, diarrhea & dysentery update 2009 (30) 20091125.4044
Cholera, diarrhea & dysentery update 2009 (29) 20091116.3958
Cholera, diarrhea & dysentery update 2009 (28) 20091111.3902
Cholera, diarrhea & dysentery update 2009 (27) 20091103.3795
Cholera, diarrhea & dysentery update 2009 (26) 20091023.3653
Cholera, diarrhea & dysentery update 2009 (25) 20091009.3500
Cholera, diarrhea & dysentery update 2009 (24) 20090930.3411
Cholera, diarrhea & dysentery update 2009 (23) 20090921.3319
Cholera, diarrhea & dysentery update 2009 (22) 20090913.3223
Cholera, diarrhea & dysentery update 2009 (21) 20090819.2939
Cholera, diarrhea & dysentery update 2009 (20) 20090724.2616
Cholera, diarrhea & dysentery update 2009 (10) 20090126.0355
Cholera, diarrhea & dysentery update 2009 (01) 20090102.0015
2008
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Cholera, diarrhea & dysentery update 2008 (57) 20081231.4125
Cholera, diarrhea & dysentery update 2008 (50) 20081208.3854
Cholera, diarrhea & dysentery update 2008 (30) 20080702.2019
Cholera, diarrhea & dysentery update 2008 (10) 20080212.0563
Cholera, diarrhea & dysentery update 2008 (01) 20080104.0047
2007
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Cholera, diarrhea & dysentery update 2007 (67) 20071231.4200
Cholera, diarrhea & dysentery update 2007 (60) 20071126.3824
Cholera, diarrhea & dysentery update 2007 (40) 20070924.3164
Cholera, diarrhea & dysentery update 2007 (20) 20070511.1509
Cholera, diarrhea & dysentery update 2007 (01) 20070105.0047
2006
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Cholera, diarrhea & dysentery update 2006 (52) 20061229.3646
Cholera, diarrhea & dysentery update 2006 (50) 20061215.3528
Cholera, diarrhea & dysentery update 2006 (30) 20060724.2037
Cholera, diarrhea & dysentery update 2006 (10) 20060303.0675
Cholera, diarrhea & dysentery update 2006 (01) 20060106.0040]
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