Kenya: 2016 Cholera

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Source: http://www.standardmedia.co.ke/artic...case-confirmed

Alarm in Narok as cholera case confirmed
By Robert Kiplagat
Updated Monday, May 2nd 2016 at 00:00 GMT +3

One cholera case has been confirmed in Narok.
This was revealed during a multi-sectoral cholera management meeting at Narok Referral Hospital. The meeting was aimed at devising strategies to combat the outbreak.
County Director of Health Services Francis Kiio said the first case of cholera was confirmed at the facility after specimens from a patient who was admitted with cholera symptoms tested positive.
Dr Kiio said the patient, who hails from Narok town, was admitted at the referral hospital with cholera-like symptoms and was confirmed positive after samples were taken to National Public Health Laboratory in Nairobi.
He said the patient had travelled to Wajir East where there was an outbreak.
The confirmation of this case now puts Narok County on the list of over 10 counties in the country that are grappling with the disease...

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Source: http://allafrica.com/stories/201605050930.html


5 May 2016
The Nation (Nairobi)
Kenya: Cholera Outbreak Kills Five in Mandera, 320 Others Infected
By Manase Otsialo

Five people have died after a cholera outbreak in Mandera County while 320 others have been infected.

Health executive Ahmed Sheikh linked the outbreak to poor hygiene and the ongoing heavy rains.

"We have noticed symptoms of cholera which is a normal infection and as we continue treating the patients they are getting better as we are giving them antibiotics and lots of fluids," he said...

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Source: https://citizentv.co.ke/news/11-stud...tbreak-126059/

11 students hospitalized after cholera outbreak
By Citizen Reporter, Citizen Digital
Published on 11 May 2016

11 students have been admitted at the Narok District Referral Hospital following a Cholera outbreak at Narok Boys High School.

Confirming the incident, Narok CEC for Health Vivian Sereti Mpeti said those suspected to be infected had been isolated as treatment goes on following severe vomiting and diarrhoea...

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Source: http://allafrica.com/stories/201605250320.html


23 May 2016
The Nation (Nairobi)
Kenya: Ten Killed, 700 Infected With Cholera in Mandera

By Manase Otsialo

Ten people have died of cholera and more than 700 infected in Mandera County in the past one month.

Sixty-three patients are currently admitted in a special ward at Mandera referral hospital suffering from the disease.

A Non-Governmental Organization has also set up a camp in the county to help mitigate the fast spreading epidemic.

County health executive Ahmed Sheikh said lack of clean water for consumption has increased the spread of the killer disease...

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Alarm as Mandera cholera death toll rises to 13
May. 28, 2016, 9:00 am
By RHODA ODHIAMBO, @odhiamborhoda


The death toll from cholera in Mandera has risen to 13 after two more people died yesterday.

89 patients are still admitted at the county's referral hospital.

Medecins Sans Frontieres humanitarian officer Abubakar Abdullahi said the the patients who are at the temporary cholera treatment center at the hospital are in critical condition.
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Source: http://www.the-star.co.ke/news/2016/...olera_c1360128


Meru mental school quarantined after 2 pupils die of cholera
May. 30, 2016, 12:00 pm
By KIRIMI MURITHI

Meru School for the Mentally Handicapped has been placed on quarantine after two learners died from a suspected cholera outbreak.

The school management and other health authorities also confirmed that 16 others are under medication for cholera-related symptoms.

According to the county director of Education, Willy Machocho, a decision to close the school on Monday was thwarted by the health department...

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Apparently the student at the Meru school died of E. Coli: http://allafrica.com/stories/201605311061.html

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Source: http://www.the-star.co.ke/news/2016/...lised_c1360700



Cholera leaves 800 in Mandera hospitalised
Jun. 01, 2016, 5:00 am
By STEPHEN ASTARIKO


Mandera residents have urged the county government to upscale its effort in tackling a cholera outbreak as the number of those hospitalised hit 800.

Health chief officer Mariam Dahir on Monday said 15 people have died. Elder Ibrahim Alio said the situation is worsening.

He said the disease has claimed more lives than the department is saying. Alio said people are being buried daily in Mandera town villages. The Kenya Red Cross has scaled up awareness programmes and treatment of water...

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Source: http://allafrica.com/stories/201606151117.html

Kenya: Cholera Outbreak in Now Mandera Contained, Medics Say
By Manase Otsialo
15 June 2016

The cholera outbreak that has ravaged Mandera County for the past three months has been contained, M?decins Sans Fronti?res (MSF) International team leader Ahmed Garat has said.

Medics from MFS, a non-governmental organisation and one of the medical partners, have been camping in Mandera to help control the disease that has claimed 19 lives and affected over 1200 others.

By Wednesday, only 27 patients were being treated at a cholera centre managed by MFS...

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Source: http://www.hivisasa.com/kiambu/health/149803

Three admitted at Igegania after reported Cholera outbreak
24 Jun 2016 7:20 AM, By Matthew Ndung'u

Three people from Kaibere village, Gatundu North are nursing their lives in Igegania level four hospital after a reported outbreak of Cholera disease.

The hospital superintendent Ann Murugi has confirmed that the disease, which was first reported on June 20, 2015 could be as a result of poor sanitation and consumption of affected water.

Murugi said that three patients were admitted at Igegania level four hospital facility suffering from the disease. She revealed that their condition was not critical adding that medics were doing everything possible to save their lives.

The doctor pointed out that the disease was concentrated in Kaibere, Ituramiro and Kianja villages in Chania and Githobokoni wards respectively and is likely to spread if urgent actions are not put in place to apprehend the situation...

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Source: http://www.hivisasa.com/garissa/health/151789


Five hospitalised in Garissa over fresh cholera outbreak
01 Jul 2016 10:43 AM, By Carson Jnr

Five people from Boka area have been admitted at Garissa Referral Hospital following fresh outbreak of cholera.

According to Dr Hassan Abdullahi, Doctor in charge of Garissa hospital, four of the cholera patients are in a more stable condition while the fifth is yet to stabilize.

Hassan noted that Rabid Diagnosis Tests (RDT)and stool culture have already been carried out on the five patients in the facility where all of them turned positive...

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Source: http://www.nation.co.ke/counties/tan...484012-yjxrv3/

Cholera death toll rises to four in Tana River
Monday December 12 2016
In Summary

The two , all women, women succumbed to the disease at the weekend as the public health department in the sub-county imposed a ban on feasting during funerals and weddings to curb escalation of the outbreak.
Tana Delta Sub-County Medical Officer of Health Nicholas Mwenda said the woman developed symptoms of the disease on returning home and succumbed to it on Saturday in Malakoteni.

By GALGALO BOCHA

Two more people have died from cholera in Tana River County, bringing the death toll to four, since a fresh outbreak of the highly contagious disease recurred within Tana Delta sub-county last week...

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Source: http://www.nation.co.ke/counties/lam...87740-v624bhz/

Cholera kills two in Lamu
Thursday December 15 2016

Two people have died from a cholera outbreak that has hit parts of Lamu County.

The two, a five-year-old child and an adult from Kipini border of Lamu and Tana River Counties died on separate dates this week following the outbreak.

Thirteen other people have been referred to the Witu Dispensary after exhibiting cholera symptoms.

The victims are suspected to have drunk contaminated water.

Due to the drought situation that has hit most parts of Lamu and Tana River counties for the past six months, residents have had to share the scarce water sources with livestock and wild animals, leading to high rate of contamination of the water through faeces and urine...