UN Says Post-Tsunami Disease Could Kill Thousands
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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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30 December 2004 - With the United Nations health agency warning that up to 5 million people in Southeast Asia are without basic services after Sunday&#39;s devastating tsunami, Secretary-General Kofi Annan today chaired a top level emergency meeting to
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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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The final death toll in the Indonesian province of Aceh, which bore the brunt of the Indian Ocean tsunami, could be as high as 80,000, a UN official said today.
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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 - The confirmed deaths in a mammoth Asian quake and tsunami soared to 60 000 on Wednesday as worst-hit Indonesia readied bulldozers to dig mass graves for corpses in a rush to ward off disease, which the United Nations health agency said could
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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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The death toll from Sunday&#39;s Indian Ocean tsunami could top 100,000, and relief workers from around the world feared Wednesday
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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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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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Stricken countries on the Indian Ocean are working swiftly to bury thousands of bodies as experts warn disease could kill as many people as the 63,000 already dead from the violent crush of Sunday&#39;s tsunami.
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The UN believes more than 150,000  died in Asia's tsunami waves after an earthquake almost a week ago.
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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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Areas hit by the Asian tsunami could take up to 10 years to recover, UN secretary general Kofi Annan warns.
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Millions of people will be at risk of disease unless there is immediate action to provide clean water in communities hit by tidal waves in South Asia, the UN Children's Fund (UNICEF) warned.
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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  - 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.