Cholera News

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Nairobi - The number of Kenyans who have died since the start of the year in a cholera outbreak has risen to 89, the Red Cross Society said on Wednesday, warning water shortages could spread the disease to Nairobi.

KUALA TERENGGANU: The use of contaminated fish to make crackers, a favourite snack in the state, has been identified as among the sources of cholera outbreak Terengganu, Health Minister Datuk Seri Liow Tiong Lai said.

PUTRAJAYA: Those in Terengannu suffering from diarrhoea or vomiting should seek immediate medical attention, said Health Minister Datuk Seri Liow Tiong Lai.

Water and sanitation services in the Liberian capital, Monrovia, are getting worse as a growing urban population tries to squeeze more out of already skeletal services.

KUALA TERENGGANU, Nov 17 -- Cholera, which was detected in the state last week, is now reported to have spread to several districts in Terengganu.

Outbreaks typically occur once a year in Africa and Latin America. But in Bangladesh the epidemics occur twice a year -- in the spring and again in the fall.

"There might be an upsurge in the incidence of typhoid and leptospirosis" "Food should be disposed of as quickly as possible or else fungus will form" PUDUCHERRY: With heavy rains causing water logging in parts of Puducherry, simple precautionary measures could prevent water-borne diseases including cholera, typhoid and leptospirosis and other ...

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Kolkata: Scientists from three Indian institutes have developed a new live oral cholera vaccine from non-virulent innocuous strain, which was modified to formulate the vaccine.

Millions of adults die every year from bugs and toxins in what they eat, according to new World Health Organization data that shows food-borne diseases are far more deadly than the U.N. agency previously estimated.

Staff Reporter ICDDR,B in collaboration with the government has launched a project to assess the feasibility of using an oral cholera vaccine initially at Mirpur in the capital yesterday.

U.S. scientists say they've discovered why cholera outbreaks that occur once a year in Africa and Latin America occur twice a year in Bangladesh.

Diarrhoea kills. This tragic fact of present reality is something I first encountered long ago while working in the paediatric emergency ward as a medical student.

The charity Voices Against Cholera and Aids, founded by Frome couple Anthony and Averil Williamson eight years ago, has now raised more than 54,000 for the Red Cross in South Africa.

Washington, Nov 5 : In Bangladesh, cholera epidemics occur twice a year - in the spring and again in the fall.

Cholera, an acute diarrheal disease caused by the bacterium Vibrio cholerae, has reemerged as a global killer.

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The study showed only 16.8% households in the midwestern region use toilets, well below the national average which itself is dismal at 23.3%. The cholera outbreak, which started from Jajarkot district in the midwestern region in April, had claimed around 300 lives in the region including 154 in Jajarkot alone.

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