Tsunami Survivors Risk Fungal Infection - Report
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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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Survivors from the gargantuan tsunami that swept across Asia will face a host of new threats in the coming days and weeks: viruses and bacteria in the water, diseases seeping from human remains, and the vulnerability to bugs and other predators that comes from having no shelter.
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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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BANDA ACEH, Indonesia  - The threat of disease  decimating survivors of Asia's tsunami has receded but aid  agencies are remaining on their guard, the U.N. said on Friday  as doctors reported children dying from pneumonia.
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The death toll from the earthquake and tsunami that rocked the region around the Indian Ocean last week may be driven much higher by disease, American health experts say.
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One million child survivors of Asia's devastating tsunami face major risks in the coming weeks from malnutrition, disease and human traffickers, the United Nations children's fund UNICEF warned.
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GALLE, Sri Lanka As many as half the victims of South Asia&#39;s quake and waves are believed to be children. And an official of the UN Children&#39;s Fund says the concern now is that children who survived the tsunamis may be at severe risk from their aftermath.
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Survivors from the gargantuan tsunami that swept across Asia will face a host of new threats in the coming days and weeks: viruses and bacteria in the water
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GALLE, Sri Lanka  - The number of people killed in  Asia's tsunami disaster soared past 175,000 Monday after Sri  Lanka raised its death toll, while Denmark warned of possible  terror attacks against aid workers in Indonesia
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Survivors risk water-borne diseases in the aftermath of the sea surges that struck across south and east Asia, aid groups say.
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The tsunami which killed hundreds of people in southern Thailand may also have killed the coral reefs which attract large numbers of foreign tourists, a Thai marine scientist was quoted on Tuesday as saying.
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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."
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Sri Lanka, December 30: Already haunted by fears of a new tsunami or spread of disease, survivors picking through debris of entire towns to recover corpses at Sri Lanka&#39;s northern tip face a new danger -- floating landmines.
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Preventing outbreaks of diseases across tsunami-hit Asia is a race against time, but contrary to popular belief, the thousands of rotting corpses do not pose the main threat, health officials said on Thursday.
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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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BANDA ACEH, Indonesia  - Aid agencies have  prevented disease spreading through Indonesia's  tsunami-stricken Aceh, but the threat remained strong, the  United Nations said Friday as doctors reported children dying  from pneumonia.
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Preventing outbreaks of diseases across  tsunami-hit Asia is a race against time, but contrary to  popular belief, the thousands of rotting corpses do not pose  the main threat, health officials said on Thursday.