Disease Still a Threat in Tsunami-Stricken Aceh --UN
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Aid agencies have prevented disease spreading through Indonesia's tsunami-stricken Aceh, but the threat remained strong, the United Nations said Friday as doctors reported children dying from pneumonia.
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Respiratory and waterborne diseases could break out in areas affected by the tsunami disaster that hit southern Asia, a United Nations official warned Wednesday.
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JAKARTA, Indonesia -- UN officials said the number of tsunami relief camps in Indonesia's Aceh Province has dropped by about 75 percent in the past week, with most people moving in with relatives and a few returning to their villages along the battered west coast.
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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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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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BANDA ACEH, Indonesia  - Worries about corruption,  militant attacks and the missionary work of religious groups  blighted the effort to aid tsunami victims in Indonesia's Aceh,  but workers in the devastated province were undaunted.
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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 next few days will be critical in controlling any potential outbreak of waterborne diseases in areas affected by the Indian Ocean tsunamis, the UN health agency said Thursday.
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BANDA ACEH, Indonesia -- Masked workers with mosquito-killing spray guns began moving through refugee camps yesterday in tsunami-battered Aceh Province, trying to prevent an outbreak of malaria. Indonesia, meanwhile, said it is pursuing a permanent truce with rebels in the area, the worst-hit by the disaster.
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BANDA ACEH, Indonesia  - The threat of disease  decimating survivors of Asia's tsunami has receded but aid  agencies are remaining on their guard, the U.N. said on Friday  as doctors reported children dying from pneumonia.
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BANDA ACEH, Indonesia  - The United Nations said  it feared restrictions on aid workers in Aceh could hinder  international relief operations in the Indonesian province  devastated by last month's tsunami.
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GENEVA: The World Health Organisation says disease in the aftermath of southern Asias tsunami disaster could kill as many people as the deadly waves and earthquake have.
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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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BANDA ACEH, Indonesia  - Desperate survivors  huddle in clearings without food or shelter above the water  line all along the tsunami-ravaged coast of Indonesia's Aceh  province, and corpses float as far as 20 miles out to sea.
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Leaders in the international tsunami aid effort expressed concern about how curbs on the movement of workers and a deadline for foreign troops to leave would affect relief in Indonesia's worst-hit Aceh province.
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Survivors from the gargantuan tsunami that swept across Asia and killed more than 23,000 will face a host of new threats in the coming days and weeks: viruses and bacteria in the water, diseases
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The United Nations warned on Monday of  epidemics within days unless health systems in south and  southeast Asia can cope after some 12,000 people were killed  and tens of thousands left homeless by giant tsunami waves.