| Angola: Health Ministry Registers 45 New Cholera Cases Nationwide | | Posted Saturday, September 30, 2006 7:04:29 PM by Blog57 Team | | Forty five new cholera cases were registered from September 26 to 27, in 15 provinces of the country, ANGOP learnt Friday from the Health Ministry's daily bulletin about the disease. The cases, from which two resulted in deaths, happened in the provinces of Bengo, Benguela, Bié, Cabinda, Kwanza-Norte, Kwanza-Sul, Luanda, Huambo, Hula, Lunda-Norte, Malanje, Kuando Kubango, Namibe, Uge and Zaire. In this period, the provinces with more cases were Namibe (10), Kwanza-Sul and Bengo, with seven cases each, and Kuando Kubango, with five. Zaire, Huambo, Malanje, Lunda-Norte, Cabinda and Bié did not register any cases during the referred period. The communiqué reports cases detected since February 13, the stage of the outbreak, until September 27 and informs that 54.647 patients and 2.223 deaths have been registered.... | |
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| | | SUDAN: Cholera on the rise in Darfur | | Posted Sunday, August 20, 2006 5:38:21 AM by Blog57 Team | | NAIROBI, 14 August (IRIN) - The number of cases of acute watery diarrhoea has increased noticeably in the past four weeks, with outbreaks reported in camps for internally displaced persons (IDPs) in the western Sudanese region of Darfur, as well as urban areas, the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) said. "We're concerned because diarrhoeal diseases are a major killer of children," Edward Carwardine, UNICEF senior communications officer, said. "Forty percent of the collected stool specimens tested positive for cholera - all the more reason to accelerate our response. "South Darfur has been a particular cause of concern, with five new suspected cases reported on 10 August and 13 on 11 August," he added. Since April, 701 cases had been reported in South Darfur alone.... | |
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| | | Africa Environment Digest 4 - 21 July 06 | | Posted Friday, July 21, 2006 11:01:04 PM by Blog57 Team | | The following is a selection of environmental issues in Sub- Saharan Africa between 4 and 21 July 06. East Africa ETHIOPIA Over 93.6m tree seedlings to be transplanted The Agriculture and Rural Development bureaus in Gambella and SNNP states have said transplantation of over 93.6m tree seedlings is under way in a bid to rehabilitate the depleting forests, the Herald reported. Forest Development and Protection senior expert with the bureau, Tsegaye Fikadu, said university and college students who are on vacation, teachers, farmers and inhabitants of rural and urban areas are taking part in the transplantation of the tree seedlings. The transplantation in SNNPS has been carried out in 13 zones and eight special woredas since last April, according to the State Agriculture and Rural Development Bureau.... | |
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