Ethiopia: 2016 Cholera

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Source: http://www.geeskaafrika.com/22280/spread-cholera-alarming-addis-ababa/

Spread of Cholera alarming in Addis Ababa
August 4, 2016

ADDIS ABABA (HAN) August 4.2016. Public Diplomacy & Regional Security News. The Addis Ababa City Health Bureau said cholera was fast spreading in the city and it could not control the pace of the spread of the disease. The Bureau said the number of people infected every day with the waterborne disease is staggering.

The Bureau blames residents for failing to strictly adhere to prevention mechanisms but health professionals say the absence of clean potable water in the city was the culprit...

 

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Source: http://www.the-journal.com/article/...now-these-things-are-happening-in-the-country


Ethiopia doesn't want you to know these things are happening in the country
Paul Schemm
Article Last Updated: Saturday, August 20, 2016 4:06am
Special To The Washington Post.

ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia - After going through its worst drought in 50 years, Ethiopia is again seeing rain. In fact, in some places, it's falling too hard and has set off floods.

So while the number of people requiring food aid has dropped slightly from 10.2 million in January to 9.7 million, according to the latest figures, there is a new threat of disease in a population weakened by drought.

Measles, meningitis, malaria and scabies are on the rise. And most seriously, there has been an outbreak of something mysteriously called "AWD," according to the Humanitarian Requirements Document, issued by the government and humanitarian agencies on Aug. 13.

"There is a high risk that AWD can spread to all regions with high speed as there is a frequent population movement between Addis Ababa and other regions," it warned.

The letters stand for acute watery diarrhea. It is a potentially fatal condition caused by water infected with the vibrio cholera bacterium. Everywhere else in the world it is simply called cholera.

But not in Ethiopia, where international humanitarian organizations privately admit that they are only allowed to call it AWD and are not permitted to publish the number of people affected...