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Ethiopia Declares Another Diarrhea Outbreak
April 07, 2017 5:04 PM
Henok Fente
Salem Solomon
Eskender Frew
Ethiopia has declared an outbreak of acute watery diarrhea, also known as AWD, in the country's Somali region, where people are already struggling to cope with a persistent drought.
Dr. Akpaka Kalu, the World Health Organization representative to Ethiopia, told VOA on Friday that 16,000 cases of AWD had been recorded in the region since January.
The total number of deaths is uncertain.
Regional President Abdi Mohammed Omar said Friday that 19 children had died of AWD in Dollo zone, an area near the southern border with Somalia. This week, residents of a remote village, Qorile, told VOA?s Somali service that dozens had died and more than 700 had received treatment for the illness.
Omar said some of the treatment centers set up to address the outbreak were making headway.
?We have managed to control the worst effects of the disease by establishing temporary emergency medical posts in remote villages," he said.
Federal authorities have deployed 500 nurses and 68 doctors to fight the disease, in addition to 700 trained health officers, he told VOA's Amharic service.
Additionally, the WHO has deployed teams on the ground and set up treatment camps to address the outbreak...
Ethiopia Declares Another Diarrhea Outbreak
April 07, 2017 5:04 PM
Henok Fente
Salem Solomon
Eskender Frew
Ethiopia has declared an outbreak of acute watery diarrhea, also known as AWD, in the country's Somali region, where people are already struggling to cope with a persistent drought.
Dr. Akpaka Kalu, the World Health Organization representative to Ethiopia, told VOA on Friday that 16,000 cases of AWD had been recorded in the region since January.
The total number of deaths is uncertain.
Regional President Abdi Mohammed Omar said Friday that 19 children had died of AWD in Dollo zone, an area near the southern border with Somalia. This week, residents of a remote village, Qorile, told VOA?s Somali service that dozens had died and more than 700 had received treatment for the illness.
Omar said some of the treatment centers set up to address the outbreak were making headway.
?We have managed to control the worst effects of the disease by establishing temporary emergency medical posts in remote villages," he said.
Federal authorities have deployed 500 nurses and 68 doctors to fight the disease, in addition to 700 trained health officers, he told VOA's Amharic service.
Additionally, the WHO has deployed teams on the ground and set up treatment camps to address the outbreak...
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