Published Date: 2011-09-05 16:16:51
Subject: PRO/EAFR> Cholera - Somalia (06): (Mogadishu)
Archive Number: 20110905.228692
CHOLERA - SOMALIA (06): (MOGADISHU)
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Date: Fri 2 Sep 2011
Source: PressTV [edited]
http://www.presstv.ir/detail/197015.html
Cholera kills 9 more Somali children
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A cholera outbreak has killed at least 9 more children in Somalia's
war-ravaged capital, Mogadishu, as more displaced people arrive in
already overcrowded camps there in search of food and shelter, Press
TV reported. The victims died on Thursday [1 Sep 2011] evening in
Mogadishu's northern district of Boondheere.
Nearly 300 people, suffering from cholera and waterborne diseases,
also flocked to Keysaney Hospital in northern Mogadishu to get some
medications. This comes as doctors are already overstretched by the
number of those arriving with cholera. Doctor Ahmed Sheikh Doon
Diini, from Banadir hospital in Mogadishu, said on 23 Aug 2011 that
overcrowding at the camps has been the main challenge to health
workers.
"The major reason for having a sudden increase in the number of
cholera cases is mainly due to the high number of internally
displaced people in town. This Badhaabo camp for example is
overcrowded. People know little about hygienic living conditions, so
they need a lot of awareness on that," he commented.
According to the World Health Organization, some 75 percent of all
cases of highly infectious acute watery diarrhea are among children
under the age of 5. Cholera is confirmed in Banadir, Bay, Mudug, and
Lower Shabelle regions of Somalia, and the number of acute watery
diarrhea cases has increased dramatically in the last few months.
The last major cholera outbreak in Somalia was in 2007, with an
estimated 67,000 cases.
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[Cholera cases continue to be reported in Mogadishu due to the
increasing number of internally displaced persons with inadequate
access to safe water and sanitation facilities and hence compromising
personal and food hygiene. The authorities in Mogadishu therefore
need to improve social services in the camps and decongest the
congested ones.
A map showing the regions of Somalia can be accessed at
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regions_of_Somalia, and the
HealthMap/ProMED interactive map of the country can be seen at
http://healthmap.org/r/01sN. - Mod.JFW]
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