Millions in Disaster Zone at Risk of Disease Warns UN
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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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BANDA ACEH, Indonesia  - The United Nations put  the latest death toll in Asia's tsunami at around 150,000 and  warned it could still soar as relief workers were confronted by  huge devastated areas without roads, bridges and airstrips.
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30 December 2004 - With the United Nations health agency warning that up to 5 million people in Southeast Asia are without basic services after Sunday&#39;s devastating tsunami, Secretary-General Kofi Annan today chaired a top level emergency meeting to
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Natural disasters are affecting more and more people, the UN says ahead of a  conference on reducing the risks.
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Africa could be on the verge of a major polio outbreak, the World Health Organization warns.
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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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EMMA ALBERICI: United Nations officials fear the death toll could double as outbreaks of disease unleash a second wave of tragedy.
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BANDA ACEH, Indonesia  - The United Nations warned  on Wednesday Asia's tsunami death toll could double to about  300,000 unless survivors received clean water and other basic  services by the end of the week to prevent disease.
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Millions more South Asians will suffer from diseases like malaria and cholera, or go hungry due to global warming, but governments are not fully aware of the dangers, the World Health Organization said on Thursday.
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U.N. relief officials warned Monday that people affected by the south Asia earthquake and tsunami may be dying of hunger and disease because wrecked roads and bad communications are blocking the distribution of supplies.
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250 people are dead and the United Nations is warning the death toll from Tropical Storm Jeanne in northern Haiti could go higher.
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Up to 100 million people around the world could be killed in a pandemic of human influenza, a World Health Organization official warned Monday.
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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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Over a million Bangladeshi children will face acute malnutrition if immediate actions are not taken during post-flood rehabilitation efforts, two UN agencies warned yesterday.
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Up to 1.8 million people are at risk from cholera, measles, malaria and other killer diseases following major floods across the Horn of Africa, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Friday.
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Tens of thousands of survivors are at risk from diseases spread by dirty water, mosquitoes and crowding.
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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.