DRC - Lomami province: an unknown disease kills 21 people in a month in Lubao

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Lomami: a disease of unknown origin makes 7 dead in one week in Lubao

By Editor of Actu 30 - August 31, 2019

A total of 7 people with an unknown illness died in less than a week in Lupongo, a village 15 kilometers from the capital of Lubao territory in Lomami Province.

According to the information received at Actu30.info, this disease presents the symptoms of stomach ache, before the death of the person affected.

The administrator of the Lubao territory, Floribert Kasongo, who confirms the information, indicates that the health zone management team went down to the ground to examine and discover exactly the origin of this disease, with a view to providing the community advice to the community to prevent it.

Note that for the moment the population of the territory of Lubao lives in a general psychosis not knowing what it is.

David Kanyiki

https://actu30.info/2019/08/31/loma...inconnue-fait-7-morts-en-une-semaine-a-lubao/

 

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Lubao: an unknown pathology kills 21 people in a month

9/2/2019,
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21 people died in August following a disease of unknown origin until then in Lupongo, a locality of the grouping of Bena Ndala, located at 15 kilometers of the capital of the territory of Lubao in the province from Lomami.

The Chief Medical Officer of Lubao Health Zone, Daniel Kabondo reported that 40 cases in total were recorded in this area during this month of August, of which 21 resulted in the death of 6 children and 15 adults.

Since January 2019, 50 cases have been reported in this area of ​​the Lubao Health Zone. The signs of this pathology are bizarre, explains the head of the locality.

"It all starts with colic, diarrhea, vomiting, bloating and lack of appetite, and after a few days, the person dies," says the local head of Lupongo, who is on the phone with Radio Veritas.

At the head of a strong investigative delegation from the health zone's senior team, Lubao District Medical Officer Dr. John Kitengye Tshite went down to the field to investigate the cause of the disease. this disease and advice to the community. According to the initial information, he believes that it could be a lack of hygiene of the villagers.

To do this, he invited them to be examined, to avoid defecating in the vicinity of houses and finally to build hygienic facilities in almost the entire village.

For his part, the administrator of the territory of Lubao, Floribert Kasongo Ditshengo confirmed the existence of this disease of unknown origin and indicates that for the moment, the population of all its territory lives in a general psychosis.

He has also launched a S.O.S to the politico-administrative and health authorities of Lomami, to urgently dispatch medical teams on site to eradicate this disease that decimates children, young and old.

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