Malawi: 2017/2018 Cholera

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Malawi cholera outbreak kills 30
At least 30 people have died and 893 are ill in a cholera outbreak in Malawi, the health ministry said Thursday....
Posted: Apr. 12, 2018 11:28 AM
Updated: Apr. 12, 2018 3:55 PM

At least 30 people have died and 893 are ill in a cholera outbreak in Malawi, the health ministry said Thursday.

The disease outbreak which began last November in Karonga, northern Malawi has spread to 13 districts in the country, a spokesman for the ministry, Joshua Kalongo told CNN.

The drinking of contaminated water and poor food hygiene practices in affected areas have been blamed for the cholera outbreak, the ministry said.

Kalongo told CNN that heads of affected districts have banned the sale of cooked food in market places in an attempt to stop the spread of the disease in the country...

 

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Source: http://www.maravipost.com/cholera-is-back-in-malawi-one-dies-in-salima/


Cholera is back in Malawi; One dies in Salima
By Our Reporter / Tuesday, 12 Jun 2018 11:48AM

One person has died of cholera in Salima just a month after the World Health Organisation gave Malawi a cholera clean slate, Maravi Post has learnt.

Salima Hospital spokesperson Angella Nyongani Sakwata confirmed the death.

?The death happened on Friday but the postmortem was only made available on Monday,? said Sakwata.

She said the deceased hailed from chief Khombeza?s Area in the district...