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The death toll from Zimbabwe’s worst ever cholera epidemic has climbed to over 3,000, with more than 57,000 infected by the water-borne disease, the United Nations World Health Organization (WHO) reported today.
Some 3,028 people have now died from cholera since the outbreak first hit the besieged southern African country about six months ago, with 57 deaths yesterday alone and 102 the day before.
Last Updated ( Wednesday, 28 January 2009 18:43 )
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The Ministry of Health and Population of Egypt has announced a new human case of avian influenza A(H5N1) virus infection.
The case is a 16-year-old female from ...
Last Updated ( Wednesday, 17 December 2008 21:47 )
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The Ministry of Health of Indonesia has announced two new confirmed cases of human infection with the H5N1 avian influenza virus. A 9-year-old female from Riau P...
Last Updated ( Wednesday, 10 December 2008 07:57 )
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As of 1 December 2008, the Ministry of Health in Zimbabwe has reported a total of 11 735 cholera cases with 484 deaths since August 2008, affecting all provinces...
According to Radio Miraya 101 FM a UN - foundation hirrondelle radio operating in South Sudan The commissioner of Aweil East County Cirelo Diing Aher stated that at least ...
Last Updated ( Tuesday, 14 October 2008 09:11 )
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More than 54,000 infants and young children have sought medical treatment in relation to the melamine-contaminated dairy products in China, causing kidney stone....
According to press statement to alsahafa daily newspaper The Ministry of health - Department of Epidemiology is going to send a team to Bahr el-Ghazal state to assess wi...
Last Updated ( Friday, 19 September 2008 20:13 )
On 20 August 2008, cases of acute watery diarrhoea from Baghdad and Misan Province were laboratory confirmed as cholera. They constitute the first cholera cases detected ...
At least 17 children are reported to have died as a result of measles outbreak in Lungochuk County, in Upper Nile State bordering Ethiopia.
Disclosing this in an interview...
Last Updated ( Tuesday, 19 August 2008 23:30 )
