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  • Zambia: 2016 Cholera

    Source: http://www.znbc.co.zm/?p=31200

    Cholera hits Lusaka
    February 12, 2016 |
    Posted by: ZNBC User

    Lusaka Province has recorded 20 cases of Cholera in Kanyama compound.

    Ministry of Health Acting Spokesperson Tasila Pitters says 13 people are currently admitted to Kanyama Cholera treatment centre...

  • #2
    Source: http://www.postzambia.com/news.php?id=15498


    Kanyama records 11 new cholera cases By Fridah Nkonde | Updated: 16 Feb,2016 ,16:05:17

    ELEVEN new cholera cases have been recorded in Lusaka?s Kanyama area, the Ministry of Health has confirmed.

    According to an update by the Ministry of Health, 29 people were attended to the centre on Sunday afternoon, out of which 11 were laboratory-confirmed cholera cases.

    And only nine people earlier hospitalised are still receiving treatment at the cholera centre that has been set up in Kanyama...

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    • #3
      Source: http://www.znbc.co.zm/?p=31559
      Cholera hits Chibombo
      February 17, 2016 | Filed under: Health | Posted by: ZNBC User

      Three Cholera patients are admitted to Twalumba Clinic in Chibombo District, while eight others have been successfully treated of the disease.

      Chibombo District Commissioner Barnabas Musopelo has told ZANIS that the District Medical Office confirmed the cholera cases.

      Mr. Musopelo said the three patients are in a stable condition...

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      • #4
        Source: https://www.daily-mail.co.zm/?p=60777

        Cholera cases increase
        Posted in Editor's Choice, News on February 29, 2016 by Web Editor
        ALVIN CHIINGA, Lusaka

        LUSAKA Province has now recorded 44 cases of cholera in Kanyama, Bauleni, Kabanana and Chilenje townships.
        Provincial medical officer Kennedy Malama said in an interview yesterday that currently, four of the cholera patients are admitted to Kanyama cholera treatment centre.
        ?We have recorded a total of 44 cases of cholera in Lusaka district,? he said...

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        • #5
          Source: http://allafrica.com/stories/201603030389.html

          2 March 2016
          Zambia Reports (Lusaka)

          Zambia Records 62 Cholera Case - Kanyama Tops, Chibombo in Second

          The Ministry of Health has recorded 62 cholera cases this year with Kanyama Township accounting for 48 while Chibombo recorded 14.

          And the Ministry of Local Government and Housing has banned the selling of foodstuffs on the streets of Lusaka until the cholera threat is thwarted...

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          • #6
            Source: http://www.znbc.co.zm/?p=32745

            Cholera cases on high-Govt
            March 9, 2016 | Filed under: Featured,Health | Posted by: ZNBC User

            Health Minister Joseph Kasonde says as of March 8th, 2016, the number of Cholera cases stood at 1-hundred and 4 with Lusaka district recording 84 cases and Chibombo district 20 cases.

            Dr Kasonde says the cases currently admitted at the Kanyama Cholera Treatment Centre are mostly coming from Bauleni compound.

            The Minister says this is why the Lusaka District Medical Office is opening a treatment centre in Bauleni so that all cases from there are treated locally...

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            • #7
              Source: http://www.shanghaidaily.com/article...aspx?id=323755

              Zambian capital records over 200 cholera cases
              Mar 17,2016

              LUSAKA, March 16 (Xinhua) -- Cholera cases in Lusaka, the Zambian capital, have shot to about 226 despite assurances by authorities that the waterborne disease is under control, state broadcaster reported on Wednesday.

              Cholera broke out last month in one of the sprawling shanty compounds in the Zambian capital with 20 cases but the waterborne disease has spread to other parts of the city.

              According to the Ministry of Health, only one death has been recorded so far...

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              • #8
                Source: https://www.daily-mail.co.zm/?p=62843


                Cholera cases rise to 239
                Posted in News on March 18, 2016 by Web Editor

                ZONDIWE MBEWE, Lusaka
                CHOLERA cases in Lusaka have risen to 239 since the disease broke out last month, provincial medical officer Kennedy Malama has said.
                Dr Malama said in an interview yesterday that Bauleni cholera treatment centre had 159 cholera patients in admission by yesterday, Kanyama had 87 and Matero three...

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                • #9
                  Source: https://www.daily-mail.co.zm/?p=63325


                  Cholera cases keep rising
                  Posted in News on March 23, 2016 by Web Editor
                  LINDA NYONDO, Lusaka

                  THE number of cholera cases has increased to 316 in Lusaka since the waterborne disease broke out, Lusaka Province medical officer Kennedy Malama has said.
                  Dr Malama said the three treatment centres in Kanyama, Bauleni and Matero townships are receiving patients with suspected cholera from areas like Mtendere, Chilenje, Kamwala South, Libala South, Matero, Kanyama and Chongwe...

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                  • #10
                    Source: http://www.newsghana.com.gh/zambia-c...-climb-to-376/

                    Zambia cholera cases climb to 376
                    The number of cholera cases in Zambia has risen to 376 as the water-borne disease is now spreading to other parts of the country, a health official said on Thursday.
                    By News Ghana -
                    Mar 25, 2016

                    Cholera initially broke out early last month in one sprawling shanty compound of Lusaka, the country?s capital but the disease has spread to other parts of the city.

                    Cholera cases have also been reported in other parts of the country such as Nsama district in Northern Province, Chibombo in central Zambia and Chingola in the Copperbelt Province.

                    So far, only four deaths have been reported...

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                    • #11
                      Source: https://www.daily-mail.co.zm/?p=63763


                      Lusaka cholera cases rise to 395
                      Posted in News on March 27, 2016 by Web Editor
                      MIKE MUGALA, Lusaka

                      THE number of cholera cases in Lusaka has risen to 395 since the disease broke out in February, provincial medical officer Kennedy Malama has said...

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                      • #12
                        Source: https://www.daily-mail.co.zm/?p=63933


                        Fresh cholera cases recorded in Lusaka, Ndola
                        Posted in News on March 29, 2016 by Web Editor
                        LINDA NYONDO, Lusaka

                        LUSAKA has recorded 16 new cholera cases in the last 48 hours at the Bauleni and Kanyama treatment centres, bringing the total number to 428 since the disease broke out last month...

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                        • #13
                          Source: http://zambiareports.com/2016/04/05/...-to-585-cases/

                          Cholera Cases Rise To 585 Cases
                          Peter Adamu | April 5, 2016

                          The cholera count has hit 585 across the country as the Ministry of Health tries to arrest the situation.

                          Lusaka has recorded 16 more cases while so far six deaths have been recorded with Lusaka still topping the occurrence record...

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                          • #14
                            Source: http://www.newsghana.com.gh/16-peopl...era-in-lusaka/


                            16 people died from Cholera in Lusaka
                            At least 16 people have died since the outbreak of cholera in Lusaka, the Zambian capital, in February, an official said on Wednesday.
                            By Admin -
                            Apr 13, 2016

                            Lusaka Province Medical Officer Kennedy Malama said in an update that 11 people were brought dead from their homes while five died at treatment centers that have been established in the city.

                            The official further said the number of cases has now reached 734 in the capital...

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                            • #15
                              Source: http://ukzambians.co.uk/home/2016/04...buka-district/

                              Cholera outbreak spreads in Mazabuka District
                              Posted On : April 25th, 2016 | Updated On : April 25th, 2016

                              The outbreak of Cholera which was only experienced on some Fishing camps of Mazabuka District has now spread to residential Townships in the area.

                              Mazabuka District Medical Officer Stephen Shanjalika says the disease has now spread to some parts of Mazabuka Township.

                              He told ZANIS in Mazabuka this morning that a Cholera case has been recorded in Hillside, a residential area within the heart of Mazabuka...

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