Ronan Kelly
Retired 2020
Equateur: 200 children died of anemia in 3 months Ikela
March 7, 2014, | Last update March 8, 2014 at 1:31 |
Two hundred children died of anemia on the six hundred cases recorded in three months, Ikela territory in the district of Tshuapa (Ecuador). According to the diocesan Caritas Bokungu-Ikela victims all have the same signs as follows: weakness with fever and anemia. The Director of the Diocesan Development Office Bokungu-Ikela Roger Enyeka, said the worsening of deaths is due to lack of drugs in health facilities instead.
He noted that more than 40 children were transferred last Friday to the General Referral Hospital area adjacent to Lomela Kasai Oriental for proper care health.
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http://radiookapi.net/actualite/201...mpaign=Feed: radiookapi/actu (Radiookapi.net)
A search of FT Threads shows the problem is ongoing over at least the past few years.
2013
DR Congo - Katanga: 15 children died of anemia in a week Kyondo
DR Congo: Severe "anemia"? kills 10 children in 1 week in Lubefu District
2011
Equateur Province, DRC: Report of large number of febrile child fatalities - typhoid?
Orientale Province, DRC: Unknown illness kills about 200, mostly children -possible malaria
Equateur Province, DRC: 20 die of unidentified disease
March 7, 2014, | Last update March 8, 2014 at 1:31 |
Two hundred children died of anemia on the six hundred cases recorded in three months, Ikela territory in the district of Tshuapa (Ecuador). According to the diocesan Caritas Bokungu-Ikela victims all have the same signs as follows: weakness with fever and anemia. The Director of the Diocesan Development Office Bokungu-Ikela Roger Enyeka, said the worsening of deaths is due to lack of drugs in health facilities instead.
He noted that more than 40 children were transferred last Friday to the General Referral Hospital area adjacent to Lomela Kasai Oriental for proper care health.
...
http://radiookapi.net/actualite/201...mpaign=Feed: radiookapi/actu (Radiookapi.net)
A search of FT Threads shows the problem is ongoing over at least the past few years.
2013
DR Congo - Katanga: 15 children died of anemia in a week Kyondo
DR Congo: Severe "anemia"? kills 10 children in 1 week in Lubefu District
2011
Equateur Province, DRC: Report of large number of febrile child fatalities - typhoid?
Orientale Province, DRC: Unknown illness kills about 200, mostly children -possible malaria
Equateur Province, DRC: 20 die of unidentified disease