Published Date: 2010-08-26 17:00:05
Subject: PRO/EDR> Cholera, diarrhea & dysentery update 2010 (19)
Archive Number: 20100826.3016
CHOLERA, DIARRHEA AND DYSENTERY UPDATE 2010 (19)
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In this update:
Asia
[1] Cholera, diarrhea - Pakistan (Balochistan)
[2] Cholera - India (Punjab)
[3] Diarrhea - Nepal (Midwestern region)
[4] Cholera - China (Hong Kong), locally acquired
Africa
[5] Cholera - Nigeria
[6] Cholera - Cameroon (northern states)
[7] Cholera - Chad
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[1] Cholera, diarrhea - Pakistan (Balochistan)
Date: Wed 25 Aug 2010
Source: Daily Times [edited]
<http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2010%5C08%5C25%5Cstory_25-8-2010_pg7_6>
At least 12 more people including 8 children lost their lives on
Tuesday [24 Aug 2010] due to gastroenteritis and/or cholera and other
infections in flood affected-areas of Balochistan.
A report said that 3 children had died in district headquarters
hospital in Dera Murad Jamali where hundreds of affected people had
been admitted. In a relief camp at a bypass in Quetta, 2 children who
were suffering from gastroenteritis had died.
Another child was also died in gastroenteritis in Khuzdar. Official
sources said that several people were suffering from gastroenteritis
and other diseases in the affected areas. At least 8 persons,
including 2 children, died of cholera and other epidemics in Jaffarabad.
The level of the floodwater in Dera Allah Yar is constantly rising,
and The district has been disconnected from other parts of country
for the last 11 days, while abject scarcity of drinking water and
shortages of food and medicines have let situation go from bad to worse.
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[2] Cholera - India (Punjab)
Date: Fri 20 Aug 2010
Source: The Tribune, Tribune News Service (TNS) [edited]
<http://www.tribuneindia.com/2010/20100821/jal.htm#3>
Detection of cases of cholera in the Chandan Nagar locality of
Kartarpur has put the health authorities on alert again. Earlier, the
death of a person near Nurmahal due to cholera had put the health
authorities in a spot. Stool samples of the diarrhoa patients,
collected by the health authorities after finding more than 20 cases
of severe diarrhea in Kartarpur on Tuesday, 17 Aug 2010, were found
to test positive for _Vibrio cholerae_.
Although restricted to a single locality, the magnitude of the
outbreak was severe. Suspecting cholera behind the incident, the
stool samples of patients were sent to Government Medical College for
a microbiological examination.
Confirming the report, Dr RL Wassan, DHO [district health officer],
Jalandhar, said out of the total of 4 stool samples taken by the
department on Tuesday [17 Aug 2010], 2 tested positive for cholera.
Additionally, 3 water samples, out of the total 4 taken from the
locality, were also declared unfit for drinking after laboratory
examination, he confirmed.
[Byline: Amaninder Pal]
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[3] Diarrhea - Nepal (Midwestern region)
Date: Thu 26 Aug 2010
Source: Himalayan Times [edited]
<http://www.thehimalayantimes.com/fullNews.php?headline=One+dead%2C+200+others+take+ill+due+to+diarrhea&NewsID=255267>
At least one person was killed and more than 200 others have badly
been affected by diarrhea in Banke district on Thursday, 26 Aug 2010.
The disease, which has been spreading in the district over the past 3
days, claimed the life of a 25-year-old local resident of Udarpur VDC
[village development committee] of the district.
More than 100 people are suffering from the disease in Ward No. 8 and
9 of Udarpur VDC and at least 150 people, in Sonpur VDC.
Diarrhea has so far claimed 9 lives in the district.
[Byline: Surendra Kafle]
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[4] Cholera - China (Hong Kong), locally acquired
Date: Wed 25 Aug 2010
Source: 7th Space, Government of Hong Kong SAR report [edited]
<http://7thspace.com/headlines/354967/two_confirmed_cholera_cases_under_investigation.html>
The Centre for Health Protection (CHP) of the Department of Health
today (25 Aug 2010) is investigating another confirmed cases of
cholera and reminds people to observe good personal, food, and
environmental hygiene, whether in Hong Kong or traveling abroad.
The case involved another 30-year-old woman who developed diarrhea
and vomiting on 22 Aug 2010. The patient lives in Tsing Yi and did
not have history of recent travel. Her home contact has no symptoms of cholera.
The patient has been admitted to Princess Margaret Hospital and is in
stable condition. Laboratory tests showed that stool specimens
yielded positive result for _Vibrio cholerae_ O1 Ogawa.
This is the 8th case of cholera reported in 2010. There were 7
cholera cases in 2008, 3 cholera cases in 2007, 1 in 2006, and 5 in 2005.
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[5] Cholera - Nigeria
Date: Wed 25 Aug 2010
Source: Google news, Agence France-Presse (AFP) report [edited]
<http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5hCmwHWk16JhPpEOuofmqb2FalTxA>
A cholera epidemic that has killed more than 350 people in Nigeria
since the start of the year [2010] now poses a threat to the entire
country, the health ministry said on Wednesday, 25 Aug 2010.
"Epidemiological evidence indicates that the entire country is at
risk," the ministry said in a statement.
"Reports received so far from 11 states show we have recorded 6437
cases with 352 deaths from cholera in 2010. Most of the outbreaks
occurred in the northwest and northeast zones" of the country, it stated.
Surveys carried out by the ministry showed that less than 40 percent
of the population in the affected states have access to adequate
toilet facilities, the statement said.
In addition, World Health Organisation figures indicate that 42
people have died in northeastern Yobe State in the past week from a
form of gastroenteritis, characterised by vomiting and diarrhea,
which are also cholera symptoms.
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[6] Cholera - Cameroon (northern states)
Date: Thu 26 Aug 2010
Source: CNN [edited]
<http://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/africa/08/25/cameroon.cholera/?hpt=Sbin>
Cholera has killed 297 people in the west African nation of Cameroon,
health officials said Wednesday, 26 Aug 2010.
The outbreak, which began in May 2010, has exceeded 3000 cases, said
Dr Eric Mintz, the leader of the [US] Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention's global water sanitation and hygiene epidemiology team.
The agency has an office in Cameroon. "It's a lot of cases and a lot
of deaths," he said in a telephone interview. "More deaths than
should be expected under the best of conditions."
The country's northern region has been particularly hard hit. 3 of 10
prisoners diagnosed with cholera at Maroua Central Prison in the far
north were among the dead, the officials said.
CDC's Mintz said the rugged and remote region has been affected
repeatedly by cholera epidemics, most recently in 2009.
About 70 percent of people living in the country's far north,
bordering Nigeria and Chad and the Central African Republic, do not
have access to potable water, according to a Ministry of Water and
Energy official. Sanitation is also limited in the area and recent
flooding has aggravated the situation. The affected area is home to
some 5 million people, according to UNICEF.
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[7] Cholera - Chad
Date: Tue 24 Aug 2010
Source: UN ReliefWeb, Int Fed of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies
(IFRC) report [edited]
<http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/rwb.nsf/db900SID/VVOS-88ML7M?OpenDocument>
Torrential rains that continue to pour down in the southern and
northern parts of Chad have led to flooding with harmful consequences
to the local population. The neighboring countries such as Cameroon,
Nigeria, and Niger have already experienced cases of cholera.
In Chad, cases of cholera have been confirmed by the Ministry of
health in the region of Lac and Mayo Kebbi East. 3 deaths were
registered so far. Those regions are disaster prone areas and are
badly affected by the continuation of rains. The Chadian Health
Ministry organized an emergency meeting with the humanitarian
partners and an evaluation mission has been set up to carry out an
assessment in the disaster areas. The aim of this mission is to
conduct a rapid evaluation of the outbreak and take some actions
regarding the immediate assistance to provide.
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See Also
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Cholera, diarrhea & dysentery update 2010 (14): Asia 20100809.2717
Cholera, diarrhea & dysentery update 2010 (13): Africa 20100807.2695
Cholera, diarrhea & dysentery update 2010 (12): West Asia RFI 20100727.2521
Cholera, diarrhea & dysentery update 2010 (11): Asia 20100706.2251
Cholera, diarrhea and dysentery update 2010 (10): Africa 20100525.1737
Cholera, diarrhea and dysentery update 2010 (09): Americas 20100524.1727
Cholera, diarrhea & dysentery update 2010 (08): Asia 20100524.1723
Cholera, diarrhea & dysentery update 2010 (07): Asia, Americas 20100324.0936
Cholera, diarrhea & dysentery update 2010 (06): Africa 20100319.0881
Cholera, diarrhea & dysentery update 2010 (05): Asia, Africa 20100219.0573
Cholera, diarrhea & dysentery update 2010 (04): Africa 20100216.0550
Cholera, diarrhea & dysentery update 2010 (03): Asia, Oceania 20100212.0499
Cholera, diarrhea & dysentery update 2010 (02): Africa 20100208.0428
Cholera, diarrhea & dysentery update 2010 (01): Europe, Asia 20100205.0387
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Cholera, diarrhea & dysentery update 2009 (01) 20090102.0015
2008
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Cholera, diarrhea & dysentery update 2007 (01) 20070105.0047
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