Cholera kills 4 in Barberton
30/6/2008 |
Four people have died following a cholera outbreak in Barberton, the Mpumalanga health department said on Monday.
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KZN floods - cholera suspected
26/6/2008 |
Precautionary measures have been put in place after a suspected cholera outbreak on the KwaZulu-Natal south coast.
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Cholera kills 2 in Mpumalanga
9/6/2008 |
Two people have died of cholera and eight others have been diagnosed with the disease in Barberton, the Mpumalanga health department recently reported.
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2 cases of cholera in Soweto
16/4/2008 |
Two cholera cases have been confirmed in Soweto, the Gauteng department of health revealed.
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Cholera kills 76 in Congo
8/2/2008 |
A cholera epidemic has killed at least 76 people and infected nearly 3,000 in Democratic Republic of Congo's south-eastern province of Katanga since the start of the year.
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Climate change poses health risks
19/12/2007 |
Millions more people will be at risk from illnesses such as malaria and diarrhoea in a warming world beset by heat waves and water shortages, the World Health Organization said.
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Tackle poor sanitation
19/12/2007 |
Improvements in sanitation and sewerage systems can have a dramatic effect on reducing cholera and other diarrhoeal diseases, research has shown.
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New cholera outbreak in Mozambique
30/11/2007 |
Health authorities in the central Zambezia province in Mozambique
were on high alert after the deaths last week of two people out of more
than 20 reported cases of cholera.
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150+ cholera cases in Vietnam
21/11/2007 |
A cholera outbreak in northern Vietnam has affected more than 150 people, the first such spate of cases in three years.
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Cholera update
13/11/2007 |
Cholera outbreaks can occur in any part of the world where water supplies, sanitation, food safety and hygiene practices are inadequate. Read more about recent outbreaks.
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