Published Date: 2014-05-06 18:59:19
Subject: PRO/EDR> Cholera, diarrhea & dysentery update (18): Africa
Archive Number: 20140506.2452928
CHOLERA, DIARRHEA AND DYSENTERY UPDATE (18): AFRICA
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In this update:
[1] Cholera - Nigeria (Plateau State)
[2] Diarrhea - Somalia (Galguduud Region)
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[1] Cholera - Nigeria (Plateau State)
Date: Tue 6 May 2014
Source: Leadership [edited]
http://allafrica.com/stories/201405060094.html
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last 20 people have been feared killed, while 32 are currently
hospitalized following a cholera outbreak in Barkin town of Barkin Ladi
local government, Plateau State. A member of the community confided in
Leadership that 20 people had so far lost their lives as a result of the
outbreak.
The council chairman, Emmanuel Loman, in a telephone
interview in Jos, the state capital, however, said only 5 people had
lost their lives to the outbreak of the disease, while 32 were
hospitalized and were responding to treatment. He said the council had
made drugs available for the treatment of those hospitalized and had
also set aside a day to sensitise the people on the need to wash fruits
very well before eating them and to live in a clean environment.
Loman
identified poor hygiene as one of the major causes of cholera and
advised the people to keep their environment clean, wash fruits before
eating, avoid staying in a congested environment, and report to the
nearest hospital for appropriate action in cases of frequent stooling
and vomiting in their area.
[Byline: Achor Abimaje]
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[2] Diarrhea - Somalia (Galguduud Region)
Date: Sun 20 Apr 2014
Source: Somali Current [edited]
http://www.somalicurrent.com/2014/04/20/somalia-diarrhea-break-out-in-abud-waq-idp-camp-2/
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least 16 internally displaced people (IDPs) from Abud-waaq district
were reported to have been seriously suffering from diarrhea. Those
people live in a concentrated IDP Camp called Dayacan in Abud-waaq,
where hundreds of civilians displaced by the ongoing fighting inside
south and western Somalia live.
Head of Social Affairs of
Abud-waaq district Kalif Abdisamad Ali, speaking to the media, said that
they have taken those 16 persons who were in a dire condition to a
privately owned hospital in Abud-waq district. Mr. Kalif added that
those people took contaminated water stored in tanks in the camp and
then used it for drinking. He mentioned that there are fears of possibly
spreading the disease to the other people in the camp.
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etiology of the diarrhea outbreak in the internally displaced persons
[IDP] camp in Central Somalia is unclear, but cholera is common, often
referred to as acute watery diarrhea. - Mod.LL
A HealthMap ProMED-mail map of Nigeria can be accessed at http://healthmap.org/promed/p/62 and for Somalia at http://healthmap.org/promed/p/125.]
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