Published Date: 2006-04-07 23:50:00
Subject: PRO/EDR> Cholera, diarrhea & dysentery update (15)
Archive Number: 20060407.1043
CHOLERA, DIARRHEA & DYSENTERY UPDATE 2006 (15)
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In this update:
Africa
[1] Cholera - Mozambique (Nampula)
[2] Cholera - Ghana (Central Region)
[3] Cholera - Tanzania (Zanzibar)
[4] Cholera - Angola
[5] Cholera - Angola (Kwanza Norte)
[6] Cholera - Angola (Benguela)
[7] Cholera - Angola (Luanda)
Asia
[8] Cholera, refugee camp - Thailand (Ratchaburi Province)
[9] Cholera - Worldwide - WHO WER Notifications
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[1] Cholera - Mozambique (Nampula)
Date: Mon, 3 Apr 2006
From: ProMED-mail <promed@promedmail.org>
Source: AllAfrica.com and Agencia de Informacao de Mocambique (Maputo)[edited]
<http://allafrica.com/stories/200604030448.html>
The cholera epidemic in the northern Mozambican province of Nampula has now
spread to the district of Mozambique Island, where 17 cases have been
notified since last Wed, 29 Mar 2006, but so far with no deaths, reports
Monday's issue of the Maputo daily "Noticias". In the earlier stages of
the outbreak, cases of the disease had been reported in the districts of
Monapo, Meconta, and Malema. Since the start of the outbreak, a little over
2 weeks ago, Nampula has recorded 360 cases, with 8 deaths.
Commenting on the situation in Mozambique Island, Nampula provincial health
director Antonio Salimo lamented the difficulties the local health unit is
facing in finding space for cholera patients, and he promised to send a
number of beds for that purpose, and chlorine for the treatment of drinking
water.
Other provinces where cholera cases have been reported this year are
Sofala, Zambezia, and Manica, all in the central region of the country.
However, Manica has not diagnosed a single new case during the past week.
From Beira, the capital of Sofala, there are reports of another death by
cholera in the last 48 hours, which brings to 10 the Beira death toll
during this outbreak. The health authorities also said that a total of 23
new cases were diagnosed in Beira, and in the districts of Buzi, Dondo, and
Marromeu, over the last 2 days.
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[A map of Mozambique showing the provinces and the location of Mozambique
Island in Nampula province can be seen at:
<http://www.un.org/Depts/Cartographic/map/profile/mozambiq.pdf> - Mod.LL]
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[2] Cholera - Ghana (Central Region)
Date: Fri, 31 Mar 2006
From: ProMED-mail <promed@promedmail.org>
Source: AllAfrica.com and Ghanaian Chronicle (Accra) [edited]
<http://allafrica.com/stories/200603310517.html>
An outbreak of cholera has hit Komenda and its surrounding villages in the
Komenda-Edina-Eguafo-Abrem (KEEA) District of the Central Region. So far,
63 cases have been reported, with one person dead.
The outbreak began about 2 weeks ago, and nurses at the Komenda
Sub-District Health Centre continue to battle with the epidemic. The
affected areas included British and Dutch Komenda, Abransa, Antado and
Dominase, according to Mrs. Christiana Acheampong, Supt. Enrolled Nurse at
the health centre.
She disclosed that lack of potable drinking water, coupled with filth and
indiscriminate defecating were the main cause of the outbreak of the
disease. In the Komenda township, lack of potable water has forced the
residents to rely on a pond, which is located within it. Mrs. Acheampong
explained that filth also accounted for the outbreak of the epidemic
because people did not keep their environments clean. Most houses, she
noted, have no toilets in them, paving way for indiscriminate defecating.
[Byline: David Allan Paintsil]
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[The KEEA district is in the Central Region of Ghana, which is in the
central part of coastal Ghana west of Greater Accra. A map of the country
can be seen at:
<http://www.un.org/Depts/Cartographic/map/profile/ghana.pdf> - Mod.LL]
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[3] Cholera - Tanzania (Zanzibar)
Date: Mon, 3 Apr 2006
From: ProMED-mail <promed@promedmail.org>
Source: XinHuaNet.com [edited]
<http://english.people.com.cn/200604/03/eng20060403_255438.html>
Cholera has claimed a 5th victim in the Indian Ocean archipelago of
Zanzibar, increasing the fatality to 5 with 40 people having fallen prey to
the epidemic.
Zanzibar Health Minister Sultan Mohamed Mughery told local reporters on
Sun, 2 Apr 2006, that the latest victim had died in the Unguja Southern
Region. The official attributed the spread of the disease to poor
sanitation and polluted drinking water in the isles.
Of the infected, 30 are residents of Pemba island while the rest are
residents of Unguja island. Pemba and Unguja are the 2 main islands of the
archipelago.
Zanzibar experienced 2 severe eruptions of cholera in 1978 and 1999, when
hundreds of people died of the epidemic.
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[A map of the United Republic of Tanzania showing the location of the
islands of Zanzibar off the coast of extreme northeastern Tanzania can be
seen at:
<http://www.un.org/Depts/Cartographic/map/profile/tanzania.pdf> - Mod.LL]
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[4] Cholera - Angola
Date: Wed, 5 Apr 2006
From: ProMED-mail <promed@promedmail.org>
Source: XinHuaNet.com [edited]
<http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2006-04/06/content_4389433.htm>
A total of 155 people have died of cholera among the 3693 cases that have
been reported in Angola between 13 Feb and 4 Apr 2006, with the fatality
rate of 4 percent, according to an official communique published here on
Wed, 5 Apr 2006.
The communique published by the WHO and Angolan Health Ministry said that
besides the Luanda province, cholera cases continue to be reported in the
provinces of Bengo, Benguela, and Kwanza Norte where the situation is serious.
According to the latest available data, Luanda reported 2275 cases, 53
deaths, Bengo 532 cases, 26 deaths, Benguela 479 cases, 40 deaths and
Kwanza Norte 407 cases, 36 deaths.
The National Laboratory of Public Health has confirmed the isolation of
vibrio cholera 01 stereotype Inaba in 9 out of 13 samples from patients.
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[A map of Angola showing the locations of the provinces of Bengo, Benguela
and Kwanza (or Cuanza) Norte can be seen at:
<http://www.un.org/Depts/Cartographic/map/profile/angola.pdf>. As can be
seen on the map, Bengo is just east of Luanda and Kwanza Norte is east of
Bengo. Benguela, however, is located further south of these provinces and
not adjacent to them. - Mod.LL]
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[5] Cholera - Angola (Kwanza Norte)
Date: Thu, 6 Apr 2006
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Source: Government of Angola [edited]
<http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/RWB.NSF/db900SID/VBOL-6NMC56?OpenDocument>
At least 29 people died of cholera as of Thu, 6 Apr 2006, out of 490 cases
recorded since 20 Mar 2006 in the main hospital of Angola`s northern
Kuanza-Norte province, Angop learned.
Speaking to Angop, the director general of the hospital, Caetano Miguel,
said that of the 36 patients that were admitted in the hospital last Wed,
29 Mar 2006, 6 died. He said that cases of cholera are on the rise in the
region, adding that 51 patients were admitted on 4 Apr 2006, a figure that
rose to 76 the following day.
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[6] Cholera - Angola (Benguela)
Date: Thu, 6 Apr 2006
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Source: Government of Angola [edited]
<http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/RWB.NSF/db900SID/HMYT-6NES44?OpenDocument>
At least 52 people died of cholera in Angola's central Benguela province
since the disease broke out in the region on 10 Mar 2006, out of the 599
cases recorded so far, the health services announced.
According to a press note delivered to Angop, the most hit districts are
Lobito, Benguela and Ganda. The source added a drop in cases of cholera has
been recorded in the compounds of Gama and Praia Bebe (Benguela).
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[7] Cholera - Angola (Luanda)
Date: Wed, 5 Apr 2006
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Source: TurkishPress.com [edited]
<http://www.turkishpress.com/news.asp?id=117387>
A cholera outbreak in the Angolan capital of Luanda has left 53 people dead
over the last 2 months while more than 2200 others have become ill, the WHO
said Wed, 5 Apr 2006. The government declared a cholera outbreak in Luanda
on 19 Feb 2006.
"Luanda has reported 2275 cumulative cases and 53 deaths since the
declaration of the cholera outbreak," the WHO office in Angola said in a
statement.
The outbreak was detected in the Boavista shantytown near central Luanda
and marked the first time in 6 years that health authorities had to grapple
with the disease in the capital.
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[8] Cholera, refugee camp - Thailand (Ratchaburi Province)
Date: Thu, 6 Apr 2006
From: ProMED-mail <promed@promedmail.org>
Source: Independent Mon News Agency [edited]
<http://www.monnews-imna.com/web2006/april/6_2.htm>
An international medical organization and camp committees are hardly
assisting to decrease the number of people who suffer from cholera in Htam
Him refugee camp located in the Ratchaburi Province of Thailand, said a
Karen Journalist who visited in the camp recently. [Unclear whether the
author meant "The medical organization and committees are working hard to
decrease..." or "...are barely able to decrease" - CopyEd.PG]
The camp committees and medical workers announced that about 13 people are
in serious condition, 50 people were taken to the hospital, and about 370
people suffer from cholera; but nobody has died so far.
"They [haven't been able to stop] the outbreak yet, and the patient numbers
are still increasing," said Keh Blut, a Journalist from Kwekalu Karen
Newspaper.
The camp committees educated the refugees about the disease from a
loudspeaker, encouraging them to drink [boiled] water and not to eat ripe
fruits to stop cholera in the camp.
A week ago just over 40 refugees were suffering; now the number has
increased to 370. "The crowded conditions in the camp make it easy for the
virus to spread," said a member of the camp committee.
Htam Him refugee camp was established in 1997 for refugees who fled the
armed conflict and human rights violations in southern Burma. A majority of
the refugees are of Karen ethnicity, and their homes are in various
mountain ranges and river banks in the Tenasserim Division of Burma. Other
ethnic minorities from Burma, Mon and Burman refugees, [all included among]
the UNHCR's Persons of Concern, have also taken refuge in the camp since
Mar 2005.
According to Karen Refugee Committee in March 2005, about 1583 refugee
families living in Htam Him camp rely on the International Rescue Committee
for health care.
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[9] Cholera - Worldwide - WHO WER Notifications
Date: Fri, 7 Apr 2006
From: Marianne Hopp <mjhopp12@yahoo.com>
Source: WHO Epidemiological Record [edited]
<http://www.who.int/wer/2006/wer8114/en/index.html>
Notifications of cholera received from 31 Mar to 6 Apr 2006
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Country/Dates/Cases/Deaths
Africa
Angola 27 Mar - 2 Apr 2006/ 1 078/ 25
Guinea 30 Jan - 3 Mar 2006/ 107/ 15
Malawi 28 Feb - 26 Mar 2006/ 107/ 15
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