UN Says Post-Tsunami Disease Could Kill Thousands
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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 Organization (WHO) official said on Tuesday.
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GENEVA - The World Health Organization warned on Tuesday that disease in the aftermath of southern Asia&#39;s tsunami disaster could kill as many people as the deadly waves and earthquake have.
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KOBE, Japan  - Earthquakes, floods and other  natural disasters could kill millions in the world's teeming  megacities and time is running out to prevent such a  catastrophe, the United Nations point man on emergency relief  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 more than 15,500 people were killed and hundreds  of thousands left homeless by a giant tsunami.
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The UN warns the Asia quake disaster in which at least 23,000 died will require the biggest relief operation ever.
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International Red Cross fears quake, tsunami death toll could top 100,000. UN warns disease could break out in tsunami-affected areas "in the next few days." Military says quake destroyed three-quarters of ...
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BANDA ACEH, Indonesia  - Some 150,000 people are  now known to have been killed by Asia's tsunami, U.N. officials  said on Monday, as helicopters and elephants were used to find  and feed survivors and shift the rubble of razed towns.
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Dr David Nabarro told a news conference that disease alone could double the total number of dead from the devastating tidal wave (tsunami) that crashed into many regions of the Indian Ocean last Sunday.
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The UN warns of an epidemic as the number of tsunami and quake deaths soars above 55,000 and thousands remain missing. BANDA ACEH, INDONESIA -- Desperate refugees foraged for coconuts or looted food on Indonesia&#39;s
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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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GALLE, Sri Lanka  - Stricken Indian Ocean nations  worked swiftly on Wednesday to bury thousands of bodies as  experts warned disease could kill as many people as the 60,000  already dead from the violent crush of Sunday's tsunami.
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Starvation, injury and disease are pushing massive numbers of refugees in tsunami-devastated Aceh closer to death "every minute", the United Nations warned as the number of Indonesians confirmed killed in the disaster climbed towards 100,000.
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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 World Health Organization warned on Tuesday that disease in the aftermath of southern Asia&#39;s tsunami disaster could kill as many people as the deadly waves and earthquake have.
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Countries hit by the Asian tsunami disaster could take up to 10 years to recover, the UN's Kofi Annan warns.
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Stricken Indian Ocean nations worked swiftly on Wednesday to bury thousands of bodies as experts warned disease could kill as many people as the 60,000 already dead from the violent crush of Sunday&#39;s tsunami.
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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 14,000 people were killed and hundreds  of thousands left homeless by a giant tsunami.