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Tanzania - Cholera Outbreaks - 2010

Shiloh

Editor, Senior Moderator
Source: http://allafrica.com/stories/201012030859.html

The Citizen (Dar es Salaam)
Tanzania: Scores End Up in Hospital As Cholera Hits Three Regions
Florence Mugarula
2 December 2010


At least 87 patients have been admitted in various hospitals in the country following an outbreak of cholera, the Ministry of Health and Social Welfare said yesterday.

Speaking to The Citizen, the permanent secretary in the ministry, Ms Blandina Nyoni, said her office has received a report showing 87 cholera patients have been recorded in three regions of Dar es Salaam, Tanga and Shinyanga...
 
Re: Tanzania: Scores End Up in Hospital As Cholera Hits Three Regions

Re: Tanzania: Scores End Up in Hospital As Cholera Hits Three Regions

Four die in fresh Tanzania cholera outbreak

Wednesday, December 8 2010 at 10:35

DAR ES SALAAM

Four people died and 58 were hospitalised following a fresh outbreak of cholera in the eastern Tanzanian region of Morogoro, an official said Wednesday.

"Three of the deceased persons are members of the same family," Morogoro regional health officer, Cares Lyimo, told AFP.

He said the first cases in the area were reported two weeks ago and added that 58 people had since been admitted to hospital with cholera symptoms.

Lyimo said water shortages in the region, forcing residents to buy unsafe water from vendors, were to blame for the outbreak.

The disease is caused by the bacterium Vibrio cholerae and is spread by consuming contaminated food or water.

Around 60 people died of cholera in Tanzania's northeastern Tanga region in September and October.

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