UN warns of diarrhea, malaria outbreaks in storm-hit areas
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Get INQ7 breaking news on your Smart mobile phone in the Philippines. Send INQ7 BREAKING to 386. INFANTA, Quezon, Philippines -- As relief operations continued throughout much of devastated
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Unrest in Haiti may force the United Nations to divert ships carrying food for flood victims to the Dominican Republic, where the aid can be put on trucks, a U.N. spokesman said on Tuesday.
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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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BAGHDAD, Sept. 21 -- An outbreak of cholera has spread from northern Iraq to Baghdad, infecting at least 1,500 people, the World Health Organization announced Friday.
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There are warnings of a serious outbreak of disease in Haiti following the recent devastating floods.
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The World Health Organization warned on Tuesday that disease in the aftermath of southern Asia's tsunami disaster could kill as many people as the deadly waves and earthquake have.
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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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BANDA ACEH, Indonesia  - An army of aid workers  raced on Tuesday to supply food and water to millions of  tsunami victims and the United Nations warned a death toll of  150,000 would climb as more bodies are found and disease stalks  survivors.
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Tsunami-stricken Indonesia has escaped major disease outbreaks so far but hundreds of thousands of people are at high risk due to poor conditions in refugee camps, the World Health Organization said Monday.
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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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Bodies washed up on tropical beaches and piled up in hospitals Monday, raising fears of disease across a 10-nation arc of destruction left by a monster earthquake and walls of water that killed more than 22,000 people.
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Haiti&#39;s prime minister has warned of the threat of a serious outbreak of disease after devastating flooding caused by Tropical Storm Jeanne.
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Almost half of the world's   population, mainly in Africa and Asia, lack access to basic   sanitation, increasing the risk of diarrhea and other diseases   fatal to children, according to a U.N. report released on   Thursday.
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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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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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The World Health Organization said on  Saturday it was investigating &quot;an outbreak of an unknown  illness with a high mortality rate&quot; in the Democratic Republic  of the Congo.
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More than 1,500 people have cholera in Iraq and the outbreak has spread from the north to Baghdad, where conditions are ripe for the disease to thrive, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Friday.