Published Date: 2014-05-01 23:10:50
Subject: PRO/EDR> Cholera, diarrhea & dysentery update (16): Africa
Archive Number: 20140501.2442685
CHOLERA, DIARRHEA AND DYSENTERY UPDATE (16): AFRICA
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in this update:
[1] Cholera - Somalia (Mudug Region)
[2] Cholera - Congo DR (Katanga Province)
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[1] Cholera - Somalia (Mudug Region)
Date: Wed 30 Apr 2014
Source: Radio Bar-kulan [edited]
http://www.bar-kulan.com/2014/04/30/cholera-outbreak-kills-3-children-in-mudug-region/
At
least 3 children have been reported to have died of cholera in an
outbreak in Ba'adweyne village in the central Somali region of Mudug.
Mohamed
Said Ahmed, an official from Ba'adweyne told Bar-kulan that the cholera
cases have been reported in the area 3 days ago. He added that there
has not been any emergency response to counter the outbreak and appealed
for immediate assistance.
Meanwhile, Dr Mohamed Ahmed Shino who
is one of the medical practitioners in Galkayo Hospital stated that at
least 13 people affected by the cholera outbreak including elderly and
children have been admitted to the hospital. Dr Shino believes that the
cholera outbreak was caused by contaminated water coupled with a searing
heat in the region.
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[Maps of Somalia can be seen at http://www.ephotopix.com/image/africa/somalia_political_map.gif and http://healthmap.org/promed/p/28197. - Sr.Tech.Ed.MJ]
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[2] Cholera - Congo DR (Katanga Province)
Date: Wed 23 Apr 2014
Source: Radio Okapi [in French, machine trans., edited]
http://radiookapi.net/actualite/2014/04/24/likasi-43-personnes-mortes-de-cholera-en-cinq-mois/
Approximately
1054 cholera cases including 43 deaths have been recorded between
November 2013 and April 2014 in the city of Likasi, located 120 km [74.5
mi] north of Lubumbashi (Katanga). The health district of Likasi has
delivered this figure on [Wed 23 Apr 2014], during the weekly meeting of
epidemiological surveillance.
The doctor inspector of this
health district, Dr Gaspard Ilunga Dipata, regretted that the number of
sick due to cholera continues to increase in spite of the awareness, the
chlorination of water, and disinfection. He has indicated that the
cholera treatment center records an average of 3 cases per day, the
majority from the commune of Kikula.
The NGO Oxfam is also
committed to repairing the leaks of water observed in the Regideso
[charged with the production and distribution of water to residential,
commercial, and industrial customers] piping system.
Between October 2012 and June 2013, the city of Likasi registered 894 cholera cases including 34 deaths.
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[Likasi
(former official names: Jadotville (French) and Jadotstad (Dutch)) is a
city in Katanga Province, in the south-east of the Democratic Republic
of Congo (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Likasi). - Mod.LL
Maps of the Democratic Republic of the Congo can be seen at http://www.mapsofworld.com/democratic-republic-of-congo/maps/democratic-republic-of-congo-political-map.jpg and http://healthmap.org/promed/p/16370. - Sr.Tech.Ed.MJ]
[OXFAM
and the government should also consider distributing the recipe for
home-made oral rehydration solution to households in the hardest hit
areas. Cholera can be effectively treated with this http://rehydrate.org/solutions/homemade.htm#recipe, but if that does not produce any improvement, the patient should be hospitalized. - Mod.JW ]
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