Cholera biggest threat as Burundi refugees crowd into Tanzania camps

The Guardian
Cholera biggest threat as Burundi refugees crowd into Tanzania camps
The Guardian
Refugees fleeing the political crisis in Burundi make the journey across Lake Tanganyika heading for UN camps in neighbouring Tanzania. Photograph: Jerome Delay/AP. Guardian Global development is supported by: Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.
UNHCR slashes Burundi refugee figure from earlier "guesstimate"Reuters Africa
Efforts to stem cholera in Tanzania appear to be workingGhana Broadcasting...

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Habari Zinazoendana

9 years ago

Daily Mail

23 Nov

Fear of cholera, floods as Burundi refugees pack Tanzania camps

Fear of cholera, floods as Burundi refugees pack Tanzania camps
Daily Mail
NAIROBI, Nov 23 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Heavy rains, flooding and a spike in new arrivals could threaten the lives of over 110,000 Burundian refugees in overcrowded camps in Tanzania, six aid agencies said on Monday, amid warnings of rising ...

 

10 years ago

Deutsche Welle

23 May

Burundian refugees face cholera threat in Tanzania

Deutsche Welle
Burundian refugees face cholera threat in Tanzania
Deutsche Welle
The UN refugee agency UNHCR says an outbreak of cholera has infected 3,000 people in a Tanzanian border region, where the population has increased dramatically due to an influx of refugees from Burundi. Refugees from Burundi at a makeshift clinic.
Cholera outbreak hits 3000 Burundi refugees - UNBBC News
Cholera hits 3000 Burundi refugees in Tanzania - UNReuters
Street Battles Erupt in BurundiABC News

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9 years ago

Independent Online

23 Nov

Burundi refugees pack Tanzania camps

Independent Online
Burundi refugees pack Tanzania camps
Independent Online
Nairobi - Heavy rains, flooding and a spike in new arrivals could threaten the lives of over 110 000 Burundian refugees in overcrowded camps in Tanzania, six aid agencies said on Monday, amid warnings of rising political tension in Burundi. Life ...
Overstretched and underfunded refugee camps put over 110000 Burundians in ...Oxfam America (press release) (blog)

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10 years ago

Reuters

22 May

Cholera strikes 3000 Burundi refugees in Tanzania: UN

Reuters
Cholera strikes 3000 Burundi refugees in Tanzania: UN
Reuters
GENEVA Some 3,000 cases of cholera have been reported in a worsening epidemic in Tanzania among Burundian refugees, the United Nations said on Friday. A Tanzanian health official told Reuters on Wednesday that at least 33 people had died from the ...
UN says Burundi refugees cholera epidemic worseningYahoo! Maktoob News
Cholera Epidemic Claims 31 Lives in Tanzania, Including 29 Burundian RefugeesAllAfrica.com
300-400 new cholera...

 

10 years ago

UN

22 May

Cholera hits 3000 Burundi refugees in Tanzania

Cholera hits 3000 Burundi refugees in Tanzania - UN
Reuters Africa
GENEVA/BUJUMBURA, May 22 (Reuters) - About 3,000 refugees fleeing political turmoil in Burundi have been infected in a cholera epidemic in neighbouring Tanzania, the United Nations said on Friday, stoking fears of a growing humanitarian crisis in ...

 

10 years ago

Yahoo News

26 May

Cholera outbreak among Burundi refugees in Tanzania slowing: UN

Yahoo News
Cholera outbreak among Burundi refugees in Tanzania slowing: UN
Yahoo News
Geneva (AFP) - A cholera outbreak raging among Burundian refugees in Tanzania has slowed significantly with no new deaths reported in the past five days, the United Nations said Tuesday. Related Stories. Cholera outbreak kills 27 Burundi refugees in ...
UN: Cholera Outbreak among Burundi Refugees in Tanzania SlowingNaharnet
Saving Burundi Refugees With a WWI German WarshipAllAfrica.com
Burundian refugees wait...

 

10 years ago

BBC

Cholera hits 3,000 Burundi refugees

More than 3,000 Burundian refugees in Tanzania have contracted cholera, the UN says, with hundreds of new cases a day.

 

10 years ago

BBC

VIDEO: Cholera claims lives of Burundi refugees

The recent violence in Burundi has forced many people to flee the country into western Tanzania, where they face another threat - cholera.

 

10 years ago

Michuzi

10 Jul

In Tanzania, protecting refugees from cholera

Refugees at the Nyarugusu Camp receive the Oral Cholera Vaccine. (c) UNICEF Tanzania/2015/Thomas Lyimo.
Last week the Oral Cholera Vaccine, OCV, was administered at the Nyarugusu Refugee Camp, in Kigoma Region, Tanzania, to over 106,000 refugees from the Congo and – more recently – Burundi, out of an estimated camp population of 120,000 (children under the age of one were not vaccinated, hence the discrepancy in numbers). Medicins Sans Frontiers (MSF), who administered the vaccine,...

 

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