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2007-02-08 Africa Horn

More than 115 dead in cholera outbreak in Somalia

A cholera outbreak in Somalia has killed more than 115 people and hospitalized 724 in towns where people were forced to use contaminated water from a flooded river, doctors said Wednesday.

"At least 115 people, 53 of them children, have died from cholera in four districts in the last four weeks."

Tests conducted by the international medical aid group Medecins Sans Frontiers confirmed the cholera outbreak in towns along the Shabelle river. The river flooded earlier this year, leaving tens of thousands homeless in a country with little ability to respond because it lacks an effective government. "At least 115 people, 53 of them children, have died from cholera in four districts in the last four weeks," said Dr. Abdulahi Hussein Malin, who works in a hospital in Jowhar, 55 miles north of Mogadishu. Infants have been especially affected, said Dr. Hawo Abdi Mumin, who works with the Somali Red Crescent Society.

Posted by Fred 2007-02-08 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11139 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Stuff like this should not be happening. IRONIC - BLOOMBERG > Biofuels may make INDIA + CHINA MORE THIRSTY. Nutshell - Biofuels/Alternat Fuels need a lot of water.

Posted by JosephMendiola 2007-02-08 02:49|| 2007-02-08 02:49|| Front Page Top

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