Health Agency Warns of Fever After Tsunami
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The World Health Organization warned about the risk of dengue fever, malaria and other potentially fatal mosquito-borne diseases in countries struck by the tsunami.
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Health experts say no serious disease outbreaks have been seen after the tsunami, but warn it is too soon to say they will not occur.
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BANGKOK, Thailand Officials of the World Health Organization say they fear the bird flu virus in Southeast Asia could become a worldwide pandemic capable of killing anywhere from two to seven (m) million people.
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Tens of thousands of tsunami survivors are at risk from diseases spread by dirty water, mosquitoes and crowding.
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Up to five million people in the tsunami-struck Indian Ocean region lack access to the basic supplies they need to stay alive, such as clean water, shelter, food, sanitation and health care, the United Nations health agency said Thursday.
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Delays in delivering aid to survivors of Sunday&#39;s Indian Ocean tsunami catastrophe could cause thousands more deaths, aid agencies are warning.
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Tens of thousands of tsunami survivors  are at risk from killer diseases, such as cholera, despite  stepped up international aid, the World Health Organization  (WHO) said Saturday.
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LONDON, Friday  - Survivors of the Asian tsunami,  in which nearly 300,000 people were killed or are still  missing, could be at risk of a deadly fungal infection,  Australian researchers said Friday.
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The United Nations warned on Monday of  epidemics within days unless health systems in southern Asia  can cope after more than 15,500 people were killed and hundreds  of thousands left homeless by a giant tsunami.
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Indonesia's meteorology agency issued a tsunami warning on Friday after another strong earthquake struck southern Sumatra island.
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Health officials have warned of a growing risk of disease from the filthy floodwaters inundating the Indonesian capital, where hundreds of thousands of people have been forced to flee their homes.
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New York (VNA) - The World Health Organisation (WHO) on Tuesday said an outbreak of disease could crop up in the wake of the Dec. 26 Tsunami, killing as many people as lost their lives in the initial disaster.
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As the first US military cargo plane arrived with supplies for devastated Banda Aceh, Indonesianâs health minister warned that the death toll could reach 100,000 and that water-borne disease could become a threat.
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GENEVA - The World Health Organization warned on Tuesday that disease in the aftermath of southern Asia&#39;s tsunami disaster could kill as many people as the deadly waves and earthquake have.
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More people could be killed by disease after the Asian tsunami by the disaster itself, a health expert warns.
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GENEVA - Respiratory and water-borne diseases could break out in areas affected by southern Asia&#39;s tsunami disaster &quot;in the next few days,&quot; a UN official warned Wednesday.
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The United Nations warned Wednesday that respiratory and waterborne diseases could break out in areas affected by southern Asia's tsunami disaster "in the next few days."