Tsunami Survivors Face Serious Disease Risks - Doctors
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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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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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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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JAKARTA, Indonesia -- With health officials warning that the death toll of more than 150,000 from last month's tsunami could jump sharply without a continual supply of aid, world leaders struggled yesterday to figure out the best way to help victims -- and to prevent such a catastrophe from happening again.
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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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Disease could kill as many people in the stricken Indian Ocean region as died in the weekend tsunami, a top World Health Organization (WHO) official said on Tuesday.
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The United Nations warned on Monday of  epidemics within days unless health systems in southern Asia  can cope after nearly 13,000 people were killed and tens of  thousands left homeless by a giant tsunami.
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Tens of thousands of tsunami survivors are at risk from diseases spread by dirty water, mosquitoes and crowding, and the best medicine is large quantities of clean water
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With the prospect of people living in camps for extended periods, doctors in Sri Lanka worry about the threat of epidemics.
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As many as 90% of those affected by the tsunami are likely to be suffering from trauma, experts say.
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BANDA ACEH, Indonesia  - Millions of people on  Indian Ocean shores scrambled for food and clean water on  Thursday, with disease and hunger now the main threats stalking  survivors of the most devastating tsunami on record.
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BANDA ACEH, Indonesia  - Millions of people around  the Indian Ocean scrambled for food and clean water on  Thursday, with the threat of disease now stalking survivors of  the most devastating tsunami on record.
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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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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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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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Rescuers battled to reach survivors in stranded villages, restore basic services and prevent the outbreak of deadly diseases across South Asia in the aftermath of an undersea earthquake and subsequent tsunami that ravaged the region.
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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.