DRC - Tshopo: unknown disease kills 34 people in Bangbo (04-08-2017)

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Tshopo: unknown disease kills 34 people in Bangbo

Posted on Sat, 08/04/2017 - 19:12 | Modified on Sat, 08/04/2017 - 19:12
Unknown disease Banalia Bangbo Health News Province Orientale

Thirty-four people died, between 7 and 8 April, of an unidentified disease reported in the Bangbo group in the territory of Banalia (Tshopo).

Before they died, they had symptoms of diarrhea and vomiting.

According to the vice-president of civil society lively force of Banalia, Didier Mahindo, the medical staff on the ground is overwhelmed:

"In Bangbo, there is a diarrhea that has attacked the population. Since yesterday until 10 am, there are already about 30 dead. The nurse of the place is overwhelmed. The dead are exposed to the outside. We are sending a cry of alarm to the authorities to help us. "

The head of the provincial division of health of the Tshopo, Dr. Francis Baelongandi, claims to have been seized of this situation by his collaborators of Banalia.

"We, too, have just heard a rumor of 34 deaths due to diarrhea, vomiting and abdominal colic. Arrangements are made at the health zone level for a team to go down to investigate, "he said.

The same source adds that the population of this region does not have latrines and would use the water of the river Nadropia as drinking water and place of ease.

http://www.radiookapi.net/2017/04/0...-une-maladie-inconnue-tue-34-personnes-bangbo

 

[sharon sanders]

Congratulations to our entire team.

Thank you to Dr. Dan Lucey of Georgetown for mentioning us to CIDRAP:


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"The case in Azande concerns Ebola expert Dan Lucey, MD, MPH, a microbiologist and immunologist with Georgetown University's O'Neill Institute for National and Global Health Law. Lucey said that any potential case on the border of South Sudan is worrisome, because cross-border spread in that part of Africa could have great consequences for controlling and monitoring the outbreak.

Lucey said that he saw some similarities between what's happening in DRC and what happened in Guinea in 2014.

"Both outbreaks began in a remote location, and both had cases presenting without traditional hemorrhagic features," said Lucey in an interview. Moreover, Lucey said that a report from the WHO's African Regional Office dated May 12 denoted a cluster of illnesses in Bangbo, which is near Azande.

Lucey said his curiosity was piqued, and in searching Bangbo he discovered a FluTrackers post describing 34 deadly cases of diarrhea on Apr 7 and 8. FluTrackers is an infectious disease news message board. He is careful to note that the illnesses occur in a region familiar with cholera and meningitis, but if the cluster was indeed Ebola, the outbreak could be more widely spread than previously thought."

http://www.cidrap.umn.edu/news-persp...rallels-guinea


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Thank you, as always, to CIDRAP, who has always believed that a diverse group of people from all over the world, who have never met in person: working together in the new media, can help make a difference.

 

[sharon sanders]

Thank you to Pathfinder who posted the 1st global English translation of a local government announcement which was the beginning of the 2014 Ebola outbreak:

Guinea - Ebola: Thread documenting initial outbreak - March 2014 +