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No respite for South Sudan: cholera down but malaria and parasitic disease up ? MSF
Source: Thomson Reuters Foundation - Fri, 29 Aug 2014 14:25 GMT
Author: Katy Migiro
NAIROBI (Thomson Reuters Foundation) ? South Sudan?s cholera crisis is waning but humanitarian workers are now battling increased cases of malaria and the parasitic disease kala azar, with children most affected...
...The latest emergency operations are focusing on malaria and kala azar, a parasitic disease transmitted by the bite of a sandfly which is usually fatal without treatment. MSF treated about 200 people for kala azar in Upper Nile State, one of the areas worst hit by fighting, in July.
With the onset of the rains producing stagnant water for mosquitoes, there has also been a ?spike? in malaria, MSF said.
MSF treated almost 700 malaria cases in Pamat and Aweil, the capital of northern Bahr el Ghazal State in July, mostly pregnant women and children. There are tens of thousands of displaced people in the area, which is to the west of the main oil-rich conflict zone.
The appalling conditions in which the 1.1 million internally displaced live increases their vulnerability...
No respite for South Sudan: cholera down but malaria and parasitic disease up ? MSF
Source: Thomson Reuters Foundation - Fri, 29 Aug 2014 14:25 GMT
Author: Katy Migiro
NAIROBI (Thomson Reuters Foundation) ? South Sudan?s cholera crisis is waning but humanitarian workers are now battling increased cases of malaria and the parasitic disease kala azar, with children most affected...
...The latest emergency operations are focusing on malaria and kala azar, a parasitic disease transmitted by the bite of a sandfly which is usually fatal without treatment. MSF treated about 200 people for kala azar in Upper Nile State, one of the areas worst hit by fighting, in July.
With the onset of the rains producing stagnant water for mosquitoes, there has also been a ?spike? in malaria, MSF said.
MSF treated almost 700 malaria cases in Pamat and Aweil, the capital of northern Bahr el Ghazal State in July, mostly pregnant women and children. There are tens of thousands of displaced people in the area, which is to the west of the main oil-rich conflict zone.
The appalling conditions in which the 1.1 million internally displaced live increases their vulnerability...