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El Ni?o cycles linked to cholera outbreaks

... of miles away in Bangladesh can expect a surge of cholera cases, according to the first mathematical model to link climatic cycles with subsequent cholera outbreaks. Details of the climate-disease model are reported in the latest issue of the journal S...

New cholera strain identified

...c in coastal US and Japan early this year. The new cholera pathogen, transmitted through sea food, has become... help them identify what was causing a new type of cholera and diarrhoea in coastal areas of the country. The germ was simultaneously active in coastal areas o...

Tsunami Survivors Face Pneumonia Threat

Initially it was feared that diseases such as cholera would take the heaviest toll on survivors of the I...a in the affected countries, no one had reported a cholera outbreak as of Friday 7 January. The number of people suffering from diarrhoea does not exceed the t...

WHO says damage to eco systems are affecting human health

...rm in next 50 years. Diseases such as malaria and cholera are threatening to cause a major outbreak and new diseases are emerging because of 60% of the beneficial factors of the eco system are being used in unsustainable way. The report emphasizes that the link between ecology and human health is of a comp...

Arsenic in drinking water

...ng diseases such as diarrhoea, dysentery, typhoid, cholera and hepatitis. Programmes to provide "safe" drinking-water over the past 30 years have helped to control these diseases, but in some areas they have had the unexpected side-effect of exposing the population to another health problem - arsenic. Unite...

Water Borne Diseases causing More Havoc in Mumbai

...970 and 1994, floods in West Bengal led to a large cholera epidemic. Among the various factors held respons...ere have been approximately a total of eight major cholera epidemics worldwide. Today our understanding of water borne diseases is better,hence, we have man...

New Treatment Discovered For Pediatric Cholera

... Researchers in Bangladesh have found that severe cholera in children can be treated effectively with a sing...countries. In the resource-limited countries where cholera occurs, any reduction in hospital stay is important as it reduces the demands on the healthcare syst...

New And More Effective Treatment For Cholera

It has been found that severe cholera in children can be treated effectively with a sing...countries. In the resource-limited countries where cholera occurs, any reduction in hospital stay is important as it reduces the demands on the healthcare syst...

Pakistani Quake Survivors Face Outbreak Of Diarrhea

...However, there has been no immediate evidence of a cholera outbreak, said Khalif Bile Mohamud, the World Health Organisation representative in Pakistan. "Although the laboratory diagnosis is not yet confirmed, these cases of acute watery diarrhoea should be taken extremely seriously," he said. "Prompt trea...

Diligence Of Chennai Doctors Appreciated: Anbumani

...diarpet in north Chennai.// After a visit to the cholera wards in the hospital, Anbumani told journalists t... in the CDH had been successful in controlling the cholera outbreak in the city post-rains, the hospital in itself was in dire need of upgradation. The CDH ha...

Qualms Of Bird Flu Risk During Haj Pilgrimage

...ave been worst hit by deadly diseases like plague, cholera and meningitis during Haj. ...

Cholera outbreak in Zimbabwe

...vomiting and watery diarrhea. A recent outbreak of cholera has occurred in two cities in // Zimbabwe causi...hu in southeastern Zimbabwe. The Mortality rate of cholera infection is high in conditions where treatment is not given. The Health ministry of Zimbabwe has se...

Schools and Bars closed in Rwanda due to Cholera outbreak

...dered the closure to prevent any further spread of cholera which has killed more than 18 people and more than...sector,// which has reported the highest number of cholera infection. As there is an increased shortage of food and good drinking water due to scarcity. Drinki...

Cholera sneaks its way in to the prison

... prison officials fear that this might result in a cholera endemic. Cholera is a water borne disease caused...mates in the prison are undertaken. Apart from cholera they also suspect food poisoning and allergic reaction to be the cause of acute diarrhea and vomitin...

Eating Contaminated Food Leads To Cholera Outbreak In Malawi

...reasons for the observed increase in the number of cholera cases. It is much higher than that recorded the sa...he crisis. Most of the people who are afflicted by cholera confine themselves to their home and fail to report to the health authorities in time. This leads to...

Cholera Outbreak in Angola: 652 Infected and 22 Dead

An outbreak of cholera was first reported in the Luanda province of Angol.... Since then, nearly 652 cases of cholera// and 22 cholera related deaths have been reported in the state. According to the latest health report published by...

WHO: Lives At Risk In Sudan As Diseases Soar, Call for Funding

...ed for more funds to combat the major outbreaks of cholera and meningitis, which has put the lives of million...hin 24 hours). No clear reports about incidence of cholera have been obtained so far....

Death Toll due to Cholera Rises to 48 in Angola

The cholera epidemic has swept through Angola covering the pro...a, and Kwanza Norte. Since the declaration of the cholera outbreak on February 13, the number of reported cases has risen to 2,026 with a death toll of 48. //...

Epidemic Of Cholera Continues To Sweep Over Angola

...s sans Frontiers (MSF) said on Thursday, that this cholera epidemic in Angola has become a national emergency...uation. The officials said that this was the first cholera outbreak in the capital Luanda in more than 10 years. They claimed that interior parts of Angola hav...

20,000 Cholera Cases In Angola, 1,000 Casualties

...Borders, which is working in Angola to contain the cholera outbreak there says that 20,000 cases have come to...ring from a civil war and has not reported a major cholera outbreak since a ecade....

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