WHO: Coming days critical for control of disease in tsunami-hit ...
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The next few days will be critical in controlling any potential outbreak of waterborne diseases in areas affected by the Indian Ocean tsunamis, the UN health agency said Thursday.
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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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In the wake of the tsunami, medical experts are flying out to South Asia to help local doctors monitor the spread of disease.
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Survivors from the gargantuan tsunami that swept across Asia and killed more than 23,000 will face a host of new threats in the coming days and weeks: viruses and bacteria in the water, diseases
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Survivors of the deadliest tsunami on  record face serious water-borne diseases such as cholera, and  will urgently need medicine and access to healthcare in the  months ahead, doctors and health experts said on 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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World leaders meeting on Thursday to  discuss tsunami aid, debt relief and an Indian Ocean warning  system were told the waves' death toll could double to about  300,000 unless action was taken this week to prevent disease.
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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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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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The United Nations warned on Monday of epidemics within days unless health systems in south and southeast Asia can cope after some 12,000 people were killed and tens of thousands left homeless by giant tsunami waves.
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Diarrhea, malaria, dengue fever, and  even meningitis and flu may be waiting to cause a second wave  of misery across Indian Ocean coastal areas devastated by  Sunday's tsunami, experts said on Thursday.
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The World Health Organization said on Monday the Western Pacific region could be at risk from a major outbreak of dengue unless governments improve efforts and cooperation to stamp out the virus.
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World Health Organization official David Nabarro says health officials expect the first wave of sickness to be cholera and diahhreal disease, which he says will strike in about one week.
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GENEVA - Communicable diseases that develop in the aftermath of southern Asia&#39;s deadly tsunami could claim as many lives as the initial earthquake and massive waves, the World Health Organization warned Tuesday.
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Respiratory and waterborne diseases could break out within days in areas affected by southern Asiaâs tsunami disaster, the UN warned tonight.
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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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The tsunami that crashed into coastlines across southern Asia is likely to present the United Nations with its biggest and costliest relief effort, the U.N. emergency relief coordinator said on Monday.