Zambia: Typhoid breaks out at Mukanda camp in Lstone- disease undetermined?

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Source: https://www.themastonline.com/2018/11/05/typhoid-breaks-out-at-mukanda-camp-in-lstone/


Typhoid breaks out at Mukanda camp in Lstone
By Edwin Mbulo in Livingstone on November 5, 2018

OVER 30 Luvale circumcision initiates known as Tundanji from Livingstone?s Natebe area have been quarantined at Ngwenya health centre over suspected outbreak of typhoid. And Livingstone District Director of Health Dr Tino Malisebo says the situation is under control and that investigations into what may have led to the disease outbreak in the camp have been instituted.

In an interview, Dr Malisebo said 38 Tundanji initiates had been quarantined and measures had been put in place to keep the situation under control...

 

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Source: https://www.znbc.co.zm/mukanda-disease-victims-increases/


?MUKANDA? DISEASE VICTIMS INCREASES
By Joshua Jere -
November 7, 2018 128

The number of boys from the Natebe Mukanda initiation Camp quarantined at Namatama health post for a disease not yet determined has risen from 38 to 51 while another four are at the Livingstone Central Hospital.

Livingstone Acting District Commissioner Harriet Kawina has told ZNBC News that the public should not despair as ministry of Health officials have the situation under control.

Ms. Kawina says of the 51 at the Namatama centre, 10 have been discharged but still quarantined at the facility...

 

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Source: https://www.themastonline.com/2018/11/08/suspected-typhoid-cases-rise-to-58/


Suspected typhoid cases rise to 58
By Edwin Mbulo in Livingstone on November 8, 2018

THE number of Luvale circumcision initiates known as Tundanji, from one of the Mukanda camps, quarantined over suspected Typhoid has risen to 55 from 38 in the tourist capital...

...In an interview, Mapuwo said he was briefed by the district health director Dr Tino Malisebo that laboratory results were being awaited from Lusaka to confirm if indeed it was Typhoid.

?Dr Tino Malisebo did inform me that currently we only have symptoms similar to that of Typhoid as the laboratory tests are still being awaited. He also informed me that the number of the quarantined Tundanji at the Ngwenya Health Centre has risen from 38 to 55,? he said. ?We are helping mitigate the issue by providing water to the health centre using our water bowser.?...