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Ethiopia: 14 killed by diarrhoea outbreak in Oromiya region
Bonny Apunyu
(SomaliNet) Some 14 people living in the Oromiya region of southern Ethiopia have died due to the outbreak of acute diarrhoea where more than 530 cases of the disease have been reported in the past two weeks, a United Nations agency said-IRIN reported Wednesday.
The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said in a bulletin issued on Monday that Cases had been reported in the East Shoa zone of the region, with the worst-hit areas being Shashemene, Siraro and Arsi Negele.
According to OCHA, Water from a contaminated river is thought to have been the source of the outbreak, but investigations were continuing.
Meanwhile, Treatment units had been set up at the Shasheme Hospital and a health centre had been built in the town. Five mobile community treatment centres were also providing services in the rural villages of Shashemene district. The Oromiya health bureau had sent three staff equipped with essential drugs in an effort to address the problem of a shortage of health professionals.
Due to an immediate need for water and sanitation support, Ethiopia?s health ministry had asked for help from the UN Children's Fund (UNICEF).
According to the humanitarian update, an inter-agency assessment team from UNICEF, the international NGO Merlin, and the ministry of water resources had travelled to the area on 6 July and UNCIEF has sent some emergency supplies.
Ethiopia: 14 killed by diarrhoea outbreak in Oromiya region
Bonny Apunyu
(SomaliNet) Some 14 people living in the Oromiya region of southern Ethiopia have died due to the outbreak of acute diarrhoea where more than 530 cases of the disease have been reported in the past two weeks, a United Nations agency said-IRIN reported Wednesday.
The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said in a bulletin issued on Monday that Cases had been reported in the East Shoa zone of the region, with the worst-hit areas being Shashemene, Siraro and Arsi Negele.
According to OCHA, Water from a contaminated river is thought to have been the source of the outbreak, but investigations were continuing.
Meanwhile, Treatment units had been set up at the Shasheme Hospital and a health centre had been built in the town. Five mobile community treatment centres were also providing services in the rural villages of Shashemene district. The Oromiya health bureau had sent three staff equipped with essential drugs in an effort to address the problem of a shortage of health professionals.
Due to an immediate need for water and sanitation support, Ethiopia?s health ministry had asked for help from the UN Children's Fund (UNICEF).
According to the humanitarian update, an inter-agency assessment team from UNICEF, the international NGO Merlin, and the ministry of water resources had travelled to the area on 6 July and UNCIEF has sent some emergency supplies.