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Zambia: 2016 Cholera

Shiloh

Editor, Senior Moderator
Source: http://www.znbc.co.zm/?p=31200

Cholera hits Lusaka
February 12, 2016 |
Posted by: ZNBC User

Lusaka Province has recorded 20 cases of Cholera in Kanyama compound.

Ministry of Health Acting Spokesperson Tasila Pitters says 13 people are currently admitted to Kanyama Cholera treatment centre...
 
Source: http://www.postzambia.com/news.php?id=15498


Kanyama records 11 new cholera cases By Fridah Nkonde | Updated: 16 Feb,2016 ,16:05:17

ELEVEN new cholera cases have been recorded in Lusaka?s Kanyama area, the Ministry of Health has confirmed.

According to an update by the Ministry of Health, 29 people were attended to the centre on Sunday afternoon, out of which 11 were laboratory-confirmed cholera cases.

And only nine people earlier hospitalised are still receiving treatment at the cholera centre that has been set up in Kanyama...
 
Source: http://www.znbc.co.zm/?p=31559
Cholera hits Chibombo
February 17, 2016 | Filed under: Health | Posted by: ZNBC User

Three Cholera patients are admitted to Twalumba Clinic in Chibombo District, while eight others have been successfully treated of the disease.

Chibombo District Commissioner Barnabas Musopelo has told ZANIS that the District Medical Office confirmed the cholera cases.

Mr. Musopelo said the three patients are in a stable condition...
 
Source: https://www.daily-mail.co.zm/?p=60777

Cholera cases increase
Posted in Editor's Choice, News on February 29, 2016 by Web Editor
ALVIN CHIINGA, Lusaka

LUSAKA Province has now recorded 44 cases of cholera in Kanyama, Bauleni, Kabanana and Chilenje townships.
Provincial medical officer Kennedy Malama said in an interview yesterday that currently, four of the cholera patients are admitted to Kanyama cholera treatment centre.
?We have recorded a total of 44 cases of cholera in Lusaka district,? he said...
 
Source: http://allafrica.com/stories/201603030389.html

2 March 2016
Zambia Reports (Lusaka)

Zambia Records 62 Cholera Case - Kanyama Tops, Chibombo in Second

The Ministry of Health has recorded 62 cholera cases this year with Kanyama Township accounting for 48 while Chibombo recorded 14.

And the Ministry of Local Government and Housing has banned the selling of foodstuffs on the streets of Lusaka until the cholera threat is thwarted...
 
Source: http://www.znbc.co.zm/?p=32745

Cholera cases on high-Govt
March 9, 2016 | Filed under: Featured,Health | Posted by: ZNBC User

Health Minister Joseph Kasonde says as of March 8th, 2016, the number of Cholera cases stood at 1-hundred and 4 with Lusaka district recording 84 cases and Chibombo district 20 cases.

Dr Kasonde says the cases currently admitted at the Kanyama Cholera Treatment Centre are mostly coming from Bauleni compound.

The Minister says this is why the Lusaka District Medical Office is opening a treatment centre in Bauleni so that all cases from there are treated locally...
 
Source: http://www.shanghaidaily.com/article/article_xinhua.aspx?id=323755

Zambian capital records over 200 cholera cases
Mar 17,2016

LUSAKA, March 16 (Xinhua) -- Cholera cases in Lusaka, the Zambian capital, have shot to about 226 despite assurances by authorities that the waterborne disease is under control, state broadcaster reported on Wednesday.

Cholera broke out last month in one of the sprawling shanty compounds in the Zambian capital with 20 cases but the waterborne disease has spread to other parts of the city.

According to the Ministry of Health, only one death has been recorded so far...
 
Source: https://www.daily-mail.co.zm/?p=62843


Cholera cases rise to 239
Posted in News on March 18, 2016 by Web Editor

ZONDIWE MBEWE, Lusaka
CHOLERA cases in Lusaka have risen to 239 since the disease broke out last month, provincial medical officer Kennedy Malama has said.
Dr Malama said in an interview yesterday that Bauleni cholera treatment centre had 159 cholera patients in admission by yesterday, Kanyama had 87 and Matero three...
 
Source: https://www.daily-mail.co.zm/?p=63325


Cholera cases keep rising
Posted in News on March 23, 2016 by Web Editor
LINDA NYONDO, Lusaka

THE number of cholera cases has increased to 316 in Lusaka since the waterborne disease broke out, Lusaka Province medical officer Kennedy Malama has said.
Dr Malama said the three treatment centres in Kanyama, Bauleni and Matero townships are receiving patients with suspected cholera from areas like Mtendere, Chilenje, Kamwala South, Libala South, Matero, Kanyama and Chongwe...
 
Source: http://www.newsghana.com.gh/zambia-cholera-cases-climb-to-376/

Zambia cholera cases climb to 376
The number of cholera cases in Zambia has risen to 376 as the water-borne disease is now spreading to other parts of the country, a health official said on Thursday.
By News Ghana -
Mar 25, 2016

Cholera initially broke out early last month in one sprawling shanty compound of Lusaka, the country?s capital but the disease has spread to other parts of the city.

Cholera cases have also been reported in other parts of the country such as Nsama district in Northern Province, Chibombo in central Zambia and Chingola in the Copperbelt Province.

So far, only four deaths have been reported...
 
Source: https://www.daily-mail.co.zm/?p=63763


Lusaka cholera cases rise to 395
Posted in News on March 27, 2016 by Web Editor
MIKE MUGALA, Lusaka

THE number of cholera cases in Lusaka has risen to 395 since the disease broke out in February, provincial medical officer Kennedy Malama has said...
 
Source: https://www.daily-mail.co.zm/?p=63933


Fresh cholera cases recorded in Lusaka, Ndola
Posted in News on March 29, 2016 by Web Editor
LINDA NYONDO, Lusaka

LUSAKA has recorded 16 new cholera cases in the last 48 hours at the Bauleni and Kanyama treatment centres, bringing the total number to 428 since the disease broke out last month...
 
Source: http://www.newsghana.com.gh/16-people-died-from-cholera-in-lusaka/


16 people died from Cholera in Lusaka
At least 16 people have died since the outbreak of cholera in Lusaka, the Zambian capital, in February, an official said on Wednesday.
By Admin -
Apr 13, 2016

Lusaka Province Medical Officer Kennedy Malama said in an update that 11 people were brought dead from their homes while five died at treatment centers that have been established in the city.

The official further said the number of cases has now reached 734 in the capital...
 
Source: http://ukzambians.co.uk/home/2016/04/25/cholera-outbreak-spreads-in-mazabuka-district/

Cholera outbreak spreads in Mazabuka District
Posted On : April 25th, 2016 | Updated On : April 25th, 2016

The outbreak of Cholera which was only experienced on some Fishing camps of Mazabuka District has now spread to residential Townships in the area.

Mazabuka District Medical Officer Stephen Shanjalika says the disease has now spread to some parts of Mazabuka Township.

He told ZANIS in Mazabuka this morning that a Cholera case has been recorded in Hillside, a residential area within the heart of Mazabuka...
 
Source: http://www.znbc.co.zm/?p=35826

Cholera claims two in Mazabuka
April 25, 2016 | Filed under: Featured,Health | Posted by: ZNBC User

Cholera has broken out in Mazabuka district leaving two people dead while Thirty Five (35) others are admitted to two established Cholera centres.

Mazabuka District Medical Officer Stephen Shajanika has confirmed the outbreak of Cholera to ZANIS News in an interview in Mazabuka.

Dr. Shajanika says the outbreak of the disease was recorded in the district yesterday in five named fishing camps that lie on the islands of Kafue River...
 
Source: https://www.daily-mail.co.zm/?p=66015


Lusaka cholera cases reduce
Posted in News on May 11, 2016 by Web Editor
CATHERINE MUMBA, Lusaka

THE cholera outbreak which hit Lusaka since February this year has reduced, provincial medical officer Kennedy Malama has said.
Dr Malama said in an interview yesterday that as of Sunday 18:00 hours, no new cholera cases were recorded at any cholera centre in the province.
?Since the outbreak, we have had a total of 948 cases and 944 were recorded in Lusaka. I am very happy to note that we have not recorded any new case for the first time in three months,? he said...
 
Source: https://www.daily-mail.co.zm/?p=66484


Cholera to end soon
Posted in News on May 15, 2016 by Web Editor
CHOLERA MANAGEMENT.

PROVINCIAL medical officer Kennedy Malama says cholera cases are expected to end in the next two weeks because there has been a significant reduction in the number of cases being recorded in Lusaka Province.
He said yesterday that more than 25 cases were recorded daily when the disease just broke out but the number has reduced to two...
 
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