Catbird
Senior Moderator
Cholera Confirmed in Northern Mozambique
8 February 2013
"In the last 10 days, 22 cases of the waterborne disease cholera have been confirmed by laboratory testing in three areas in and around the northern Mozambique town of Pemba, in Cabo Delgado Province.
Leonard Heyerdahl, project manager of Africhol - an initiative of Paris-based NGO Agence de M?decine Pr?ventive - told IRIN that from 30 January, "samples started turning positive [for cholera]." Prior to that, there were 366 cases of severe diarrhoea caused by the salmonella bacteria.
...The areas where Africhol has identified confirmed cholera cases are Pemba, Mecufi and Metuge. Africhol was also testing samples from other provinces, including from southern Mozambique...".
8 February 2013
"In the last 10 days, 22 cases of the waterborne disease cholera have been confirmed by laboratory testing in three areas in and around the northern Mozambique town of Pemba, in Cabo Delgado Province.
Leonard Heyerdahl, project manager of Africhol - an initiative of Paris-based NGO Agence de M?decine Pr?ventive - told IRIN that from 30 January, "samples started turning positive [for cholera]." Prior to that, there were 366 cases of severe diarrhoea caused by the salmonella bacteria.
...The areas where Africhol has identified confirmed cholera cases are Pemba, Mecufi and Metuge. Africhol was also testing samples from other provinces, including from southern Mozambique...".