Fresh Water the Key to Prevent Disease as Tsunami Cleanup ...
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In a cruel irony, survivors of the tsunami in South Asia whose lives were devastated by water, now need fresh water to help stave off the threat of disease.
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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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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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Fears that the Indian Ocean tsunami  could unleash epidemics which would double the death toll are  fading as access to clean water improves, the World Health  Organization (WHO) said on Thursday.
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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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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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U.S. scientists say healthy coral reefs provide adjacent coastlines with more protection from tsunamis than do unhealthy or dead reefs.
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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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By Bertrand M. Gutierrez, Winston-Salem Journal, N.C.  Mar. 9--Clean tap water. Unclogged wastewater pipes. Modernized treatment plants.
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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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The World Health Organization issued new  guidelines on Tuesday on preventing contamination of drinking  water supplies and resultant illnesses.
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Disease could double the death toll from the tsunami that hit the Indian Ocean region at the weekend, a top World Health Organisation (WHO) official said yesterday.
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MONDAY, Oct. 22 (HealthDay News) -- Millions of childrens lives could be saved by a coordinated global effort to improve nutrition and provide clean water, better sanitation and cleaner household fuels in underdeveloped countries, a new study finds.
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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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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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GENEVA - The United Nations warned Wednesday that respiratory and waterborne diseases could break out in areas affected by southern Asiaâs tsunami disaster âin the next few days.
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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.