UN Warns of Possible Epidemics in Quake-Hit Asia
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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 World Health Organization said on Monday the Western Pacific region could be at risk from a major outbreak of dengue unless governments improve efforts and cooperation to stamp out the virus.
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Asia faces an outbreak of  unprecedented proportions as it grapples with avian influenza,  which the World Health Organization warns could develop into a  pandemic unless detection and prevention methods are improved.
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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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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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The World Health Organisation (WHO) has warned governments, especially those in Asia, that they may face more diseases originating in animals in the future, posing a threat to the health of human beings.
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Cases of diarrheal illness are being reported across tsunami-ravaged areas of South Asia, and World Health Organization authorities estimated yesterday that as many as 5 million survivors of the calamity are at dire risk of disease because they lack basic necessities for survival: water, sanitation, shelter, and food.
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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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As aid agencies struggled to cope with the scale of the Indian Ocean tsunami disaster, the UN today warned that the next few days would be critical in the fight to control potential outbreaks of disease.
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Typhoid, diarrhea and hepatitis  epidemics now pose the gravest threat to the tens of thousands  who survived a devastating tsunami that tore across the Indian  Ocean, international relief agencies said Monday.
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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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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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Areas hit by the Asian tsunami could take up to 10 years to recover, UN secretary general Kofi Annan warns.
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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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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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Tens of thousands of people have  probably died in Indonesia's western Sumatra and Aceh Province  or will perish before relief workers can reach them, a senior  U.N. official said Monday.
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Asia faces an outbreak of unprecedented proportions as it grapples with avian influenza, which the World Health Organization warns could develop into a pandemic unless detection and prevention methods are improved.