PNG: 2011 Whooping cough outbreaks

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Source: http://australianetworknews.com/stor...04.htm?desktop

Whooping cough claims 39 children in PNG

Last Updated: 20 hours 19 minutes ago

At least 39 children under the age of five have died of whooping cough in the remote Papua New Guinean district of Goilala over the past month.

The National reports more than 200 children have fallen ill following an outbreak of the disease in mid-March...

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Re: Whooping cough claims 39 children in PNG

Source: http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/pac...4/s3184195.htm

PNG suspected whooping cough under control
Updated April 6, 2011 17:53:07

Health authorities in Papua New Guinea say a suspected outbreak of whooping cough is under control.

The World Health Organisation says four children are confirmed to have died after contracting a damaging cough in the Central Province's remote Goilala district, north of Port Moresby.

It's brought the spotlight back onto the country's poor rates of childhood immunisation.

Presenter: Alma Mistry
Speakers: Leontine Kevin, Health Secretary of Bereina diocese centre, Port Moresby; Dr William Adu-Krow, World Health Organisation Representative, Papua New Guinea

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Re: Whooping cough claims 4 (?) children in PNG

So after an initial report of 39 ARI deaths, the latest reports indicate only 4. Odd. Perhaps the situation was exaggerated to draw attention?

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Re: PNG: 2011 Whooping cough outbreaks

Source: http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/pac...6/s3249771.htm

Whooping cough re-emerges in PNG's Bogia district
Updated June 21, 2011 17:07:34

The whooping cough outbreak in PNG's Madang Province which claimed 11 lives in March, is reported to have flared up again.

The initial outbreak in a remote part of Bogia District which killed mostly children, had been contained...

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Source: http://www.rnzi.com/pages/news.php?op=read&id=61511

Seven confirmed whooping cough deaths in PNG
Posted at 03:22 on 30 June, 2011 UTC

Seven people, most of them young children, have died from whooping cough or pertussis in Papua New Guinea?s Madang province.

The Secretary for Health says there?s an outbreak of the contagious disease in Bogia and the dead are mostly under five years old.

Dr Clement Malau says there?s no further information about how many people are infected, but patrols have gone out to deal with the outbreak...