Cholera cases spreading in Iraq
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The number of suspected cholera cases in northern Iraq continues to rise, with 16,000 people now showing symptoms, the World Health Organization said Friday.
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Eighty-two people have died in a cholera epidemic in the Republic of Congo, according to figures from the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF).
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Vietnam plans to vaccinate 400,000 children in the capital against cholera, and officials warned Wednesday that cases of acute diarrhoea could flare up again after an outbreak sickened thousands last year.
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The start of the rainy season in Angola   is spurring new fears over a cholera outbreak which has claimed   at least 2,200 lives in the southern African country since   February, health officials said on Wednesday.
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The World Health Organization said on Tuesday thousands of people had fallen ill with cholera in northern Iraq, but the cause of the outbreak had not been identified.
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Millions of people could be at risk of waterborne disease in the aftermath of the Indian Ocean earthquake, the UN Children&#39;s Fund warned on Wednesday.
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An outbreak of water and food-borne disease called acute gastroenteritis stormed all 45 towns of Pangasinan on July 22. Department of Health Secretary Manuel Dayrit reported that the
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BANDA ACEH, Indonesia  - Survivors of last month's  quake and tsunami in Indonesia still face the risk of deadly  disease outbreaks such as cholera, but epidemics could be  controlled, a senior U.N. official said on Tuesday.
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The World Health Organization on Thursday confirmed the first cholera case in Baghdad, raising fears the disease is spreading.
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A virulent form of hepatitis that is especially lethal for pregnant women has broken out in two of Iraq&#39;s most troubled districts, Iraqi Health Ministry officials said
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Diarrhoea cases were reported to be rapidly increasing yesterday in the tsunami disaster zone and the United Nations warned that there could be only 48 hours to prevent the major outbreak of waterborne diseases.
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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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ADDIS ABABA -- More than 680 people have died in a suspected cholera outbreak in Ethiopia that has also affected neighboring countries, officials said yesterday. Some 60,000 people have been infected, but the country's Health Ministry is resisting pressure to declare an emergency despite a United Nations warning that the disease is an epidemic. "The fact that it is spreading ...
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MEULABOH/BANDA ACEH, Indonesia  - Hungry and  filthy, thousands of Indonesians queued for water on Tuesday as  aid deliveries to tsunami-ravaged Aceh province hit new snags  and cases of disease and infection among survivors emerged.
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A rare outbreak of cholera in  Singapore has killed an 89-year-old man, among nine people  infected, and authorities are trying to trace the source of the  disease, the government said Monday.
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Fears of disease outbreaks in the flooded Indonesia capital of Jakarta spread Monday as fresh water supplies were dwindling.
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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.