Re: Zimbabwe: 2012 Typhoid outbreaks- spreading beyond Harare
Source: http://allafrica.com/stories/201204080222.html
Zimbabwe: Harare Still to Contain Typhoid
By Jennifer Dube, 8 April 2012
Cases of typhoid are still being reported in Harare's high-density suburbs every day since the outbreak of the disease last year.
Head of Harare's two infectious disease hospitals, Beatrice and Wilkins, Clemence Duri said most of the cases were emanating from Dzivarasekwa and Kuwadzana high-density suburbs, areas which always experience frequent water cuts.
"As of the 1st of January, we were receiving 90 cases per day in Dzivarasekwa and Kuwadzana which were the highest number of cases but now we are getting less than 20," Duri said. "Admissions are now very few compared to January. We have since adopted a preventive strategy because of the risk that it can spread to other areas."
More than 4 000 cases of typhoid have been recorded in Harare since October last year while nearly 1 000 people have been treated for dysentery in the past two months...
Source: http://allafrica.com/stories/201204080222.html
Zimbabwe: Harare Still to Contain Typhoid
By Jennifer Dube, 8 April 2012
Cases of typhoid are still being reported in Harare's high-density suburbs every day since the outbreak of the disease last year.
Head of Harare's two infectious disease hospitals, Beatrice and Wilkins, Clemence Duri said most of the cases were emanating from Dzivarasekwa and Kuwadzana high-density suburbs, areas which always experience frequent water cuts.
"As of the 1st of January, we were receiving 90 cases per day in Dzivarasekwa and Kuwadzana which were the highest number of cases but now we are getting less than 20," Duri said. "Admissions are now very few compared to January. We have since adopted a preventive strategy because of the risk that it can spread to other areas."
More than 4 000 cases of typhoid have been recorded in Harare since October last year while nearly 1 000 people have been treated for dysentery in the past two months...
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