Showing posts with label diarrhoea. Show all posts
Showing posts with label diarrhoea. Show all posts

Monday, 14 January 2013

Disease

Two Children Die in Seasonal Diarrhoea Outbreak - Cape Town


At least two children have died and thousands have been treated for gastric-related complications across the city as the notorious diarrhoea season gains momentum. In the numerous informal settlements around the city, where there is poor sanitation, residents are particularly at risk in hot weather. The cases, which start around November, usually peak during February and March.

Saturday, 18 August 2012

Disease

Ebola outbreak in Isiro, Orientale, Democratic Republic of the Congo. 1 person is dead with 3 other infected. This is a different strain of the virus to that found in the Uganda outbreak.

Thousands of people flee Syria to escape a massive diarrhoeal outbreak.