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Sierra Leone hit by cholera outbreak

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Sierra Leone hit by cholera outbreak


By KEMO CHAM in FreetownPosted Saturday, March 3 2012 at 19:41


A total of 27 people have died as a result of a cholera outbreak, the Health Ministry in Sierra Leone has declared.


Over 1,000 cases have been recorded in three districts in the northern region of the country ? Port Loko, Kambia and Pujenhun. Health ministry officials confirmed that those who have contracted the disease did so from drinking contaminated water.


"The reported cases suggest an outbreak? and the most affected people contracted the cholera bacteria from drinking infected water,? said Dr Foday Dafae of the National Disease Surveillance and Response unit at the Ministry of Health and Sanitation.

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Re: Sierra Leone hit by cholera outbreak

Source: http://www.monitor.co.ug/News/World/-/688340/1359426/-/123ek36/-/

Cholera outbreak kills 27 in Sierra Leone
Posted Monday, March 5 2012 at 00:00

At least 20 people have died as a result of a cholera outbreak, the Health ministry in Sierra Leone has said.

More than 1,000 cases have been recorded in three districts in the northern region of the country ? Port Loko, Kambia and Pujenhun.

Health ministry officials confirmed that those reported to have contracted the disease did so from drinking contaminated water...
 
Re: Sierra Leone hit by cholera outbreak

Source: http://www.trust.org/alertnet/news/sierra-leone-stalked-by-cholera

Sierra Leone stalked by cholera
12 Mar 2012 17:08
Source: member

HEALTH workers in West Africa are battling to contain a deadly disease outbreak in one of the world?s poorest countries.

More than 2,000 cases of highly contagious cholera, transmitted by dirty drinking water, have been confirmed in Sierra Leone, claiming 34 lives.

Clinics in Pujehun, southern province, are so overstretched patients are being treated outdoors, reports children?s charity Plan International...
 
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