Published Date: 2006-06-30 00:00:00
Subject: PRO/EDR> Cholera, diarrhea & dysentery update 2006 (27)
Archive Number: 20060630.1807
CHOLERA, DIARRHEA & DYSENTERY UPDATE 2006 (27)
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In this update:
Asia
[1] Diarrhea, cholera - Iraq (Baghdad)
[2] Cholera - India (Delhi)
Africa
[3] Cholera - Chad (Chari-Baguirmi)
[4] Cholera - Angola
[5] Cholera - Angola (Benguela)
[6] Cholera - Angola (Luanda)
[7] Cholera - Worldwide - WHO WER notifications
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[1] Diarrhea, cholera - Iraq (Baghdad)
Date: Thu, 29 Jun 2006
From: ProMED-mail <promed@promedmail.org>
Source: Reuters Alertnet and IRIN [edited]
<http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/IRIN/860b69664d0adecde5cb7746952e65f4.htm>
Since the summer of 2005, experts have warned that deficiencies in local
sewage systems, together with the bad quality of drinking water, could
result in an outbreak of waterborne diseases. "We've observed a 30 per cent
increase in cases of waterborne diseases, especially cholera," said Dr
Muhammad Khalid, a pediatrician at the Children's Teaching Hospital in
Baghdad.
Khalid added that, since last Dec 2005, at least one child a day in the
capital had contracted some form of waterborne disease, noting that some 90
per cent of these cases were registered in the city's outskirts, where
sanitation facilities are relatively poor. "Urgent improvement to sanitation
facilities and regular rubbish collection are desperately needed in these
areas," Khalid said.
According to Dr Abdul Jalil, director of the Infectious Diseases Control
Center, the last cholera outbreak -- in Aug 2003, when 187 cases were
reported in the southern city of Basra -- was due to poor sewage and bad
water treatment. "We warned the government about this in 2005," said Jalil.
"But there have been no changes, which has caused concern among health
workers that a cholera outbreak could happen anytime."
[Absolute numbers of cases ae not given in this post. A map of Iraq showing
the location of Baghdad can be found at
<http://www.un.org/Depts/Cartographic/map/profile/iraq.pdf> - Mod.LL]
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[2] Cholera - India (Delhi)
Date: Wed, 28 Jun 2006
From: ProMED-mail <promed@promedmail.org>
Source: Islamic Republic News Agency [edited]
<http://www.irna.ir/en/news/view/menu-239/0606284694110651.htm>
With cholera cases reportedly on the rise in India's capital New Delhi and
503 reported so far, the Delhi government held a high-level meeting of
officials from various civic agencies and railways to review the situation.
As many as 34 cases of cholera were reported in the week up to 23 Jun 2006,
taking the total number of cases of the disease up to 503 this year, a PTI
report said here quoting Health Minister Yoganand Shastri, who chaired the
meeting.
[A map of India showing New Delhi in the north can be found at
<http://www.pnm.my/mtcp/images/maps/India-map.jpg> - Mod.LL]
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[3] Cholera - Chad (Chari-Baguirmi)
Date: Thu, 29 Jun 2006
From: ProMED-mail <promed@promedmail.org>
Source: ReliefWeb.int and International Red Cross and Red Crescent [edited]
<http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/RWB.NSF/db900SID/LSGZ-6R8JFF?OpenDocument>
Massakory is the chief-place of Hadjer-Lamis, a town of 630 000 inhabitants.
It is situated between Kanem (the region whose capital is Mao) and
N'Djamena, the capital of Chad. Massakory is traditionally known as the
[source] of cholera in Chad for its position at a crossroad near Lake Chad.
Cholera often occurs in Chad during the rainy season as the Massakory
populations are known to drink unsafe water directly from ponds.
The first case of cholera-like diarrhea in 2006 was reported on 7 Jun 2006,
and the government officially confirmed the outbreak of the cholera epidemic
on 13 Jun 2006. The disease spread rapidly and on 15 Jun 2006, 31 cases and
11 deaths were registered, translating into a case fatality rate of 35 per
cent.
This figure does not take into account other cases and suspicious deaths
that have not been referred to the health centers of Hadjer-Lamis.
[A map of Chad showing the location of Massakory east of Lake Chad in
western Chad can be found at
<http://www.un.org/Depts/Cartographic/map/profile/chad.pdf> - Mod.LL]
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[4] Cholera - Angola
Date: Thu, 29 Jun 2006
From: ProMED-mail <promed@promedmail.org>
Source: XinHuaNet [edited]
<http://english.people.com.cn/200606/30/eng20060630_278638.html>
WHO said here on Thu, 29 Jun 2006, that cholera has claimed 1982 lives in
Angola since it broke out in mid-Feb 2006. In its latest report, WHO said
that 122 new cases and 2 deaths were recorded in the last 24 hours and 48
034 people have been infected so far in 14 of Angola's 18 provinces.
According to WHO, 35 per cent of cholera victims were children aged under 5.
Although the UN agency said there was sign the epidemic was slowing in the
provinces of Kwanza Norte, Bengo and Malange, the medical charity Medicins
Sans Frontiers (MSF) said it had worsened in Namibe and Luanda provinces.
[A map of Angola can be found at
<http://www.un.org/Depts/Cartographic/map/profile/angola.pdf> - Mod.LL]
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[5] Cholera - Angola (Benguela)
Date: Wed, 28 Jun 2006
From: ProMED-mail <promed@promedmail.org>
Source: ReliefWeb.int and Angola Press [edited]
<http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/RWB.NSF/db900SID/HMYT-6R7SHM?OpenDocument>
At least 32 new cases of cholera have been recorded over the last 7 days,
with no deaths, in the Lobito district, in the south western Benguela
Province. The head of the health sector, Paulo Cachimbombo, said the new
cases are worrying, due to the weak state of sanitation. According to
statistics, 159 people have died in Lobito district, out of the 2300 cases
of cholera, since Mar 2006.
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[6] Cholera - Angola (Luanda)
Date: Tue, 27 Jun 2006
From: ProMED-mail <promed@promedmail.org>
Source: ReliefWeb.int and Angola Press [edited]
<http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/RWB.NSF/db900SID/KHII-6R73GL?OpenDocument>
A child died of cholera on Tue, 27 Jun 2006, here, out of the 13 cases
recorded over the last 24 hours in Luanda, said the provincial director of
the Health Ministry, Vita Vemba.
The death occurred at Viana district, where 2 cases were reported. 3 cases
were recorded at Maianga, 2 at Ingombota, 4 at each of Sambizanga and
Cazenga, and one at Samba.
Since the beginning of the outbreak in Feb 2006, 293 people have died, out
of 23 067 cases recorded.
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[7] Cholera - Worldwide - WHO WER Notifications
Date: Fri, 30 Jun 2006
From: Marianne Hopp <mjhopp12@yahoo.com>
Source: WHO Epidemiological Record [edited]
<http://www.who.int/wer/2006/wer8126/en/index.html>
Notifications of cholera received from 23 to 29 Jun 2006
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Country / Dates / Cases / Deaths
Africa
Angola / 15-23 Jun 2006 / 1971 / 126
Liberia / 12-17 Jun 2006 / 33 / 1
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