Cholera outbreak hit Tanzanian border Area; Karonga Residents are at Risk ...

Nyasa Times
Cholera outbreak hit Tanzanian border Area; Karonga Residents are at Risk ...
The Maravi Post
Malawian residents leaving at Songwe border area in Karonga the northern part of the country are at risk of being affected by Cholera disease which is reported to have hit its Tanzanian counterparts at Kyela district, health officials have confirmed ...
Cholera outbreak feared in Karonga: Council blamed for deplorable hygieneNyasa Times

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The Maravi Post

Habari Zinazoendana

9 years ago

Nyasa Times

02 Jan

Cholera outbreak feared in Karonga: Council blamed for deplorable hygiene

Nyasa Times
Cholera outbreak feared in Karonga: Council blamed for deplorable hygiene
Nyasa Times
Fears of a cholera outbreak around Karonga market with users blaming Karonga District Council officials for negligence on sanitary issues. Kyungu inspecting Karonga main market -Photo by Tiwonge Kumwenda. Filthy Karonga -Photo by Tiwonge ...

 

10 years ago

Michuzi

Cholera outbreak triggers UNICEF cross-border relief operation

Lake Tanganyika, Burundi-Tanzania border, May 20, 2015 – UNICEF has rushed relief supplies to Tanzania’s north-western border with Burundi, in response to a devastating cholera outbreak among 50,000 Burundian refugees gathered on the shores of Lake Tanganyika.
UNICEF has dispatched cholera treatment supplies, as well as WASH, health and nutrition items, shuttled in from Burundi and Tanzania to the affected area, and is working with partners on both sides of the border to help scale up the...

 

9 years ago

TheCitizen

15 Nov

Pupils at risk of contracting cholera

Over 1,000 Pupils at Buswelu Primary school in Ilemela are at risk of contracting cholera following poor sanitation at the institution’s ablution block.

 

10 years ago

TheCitizen

29 Sep

Cholera outbreak spreads to Singida

Tanzania's Cholera epidemic which erupted in Dar es Salaam has now started spreading upcountry due to the mobility of people through commercial trade, The Citizen has learnt.

 

10 years ago

GlobalPost

08 Oct

Cholera outbreak kills 54 in Tanzania: UN

Cholera outbreak kills 54 in Tanzania: UN
GlobalPost
DAR ES SALAAM, Oct. 7 (Xinhua) -- An ongoing cholera outbreak starting in Tanzania's commercial capital Dar es Salaam has killed 54 people since August, the United Nations (UN) said in a report released on Wednesday in the east African nation.

 

10 years ago

TheCitizen

05 Oct

Cholera outbreak spreads to Mwanza killing 8

Tanzania’s cholera outbreak which has killed at least 36 people in Dar es Salaam and is spreading up country into Singida has now been reported in Mwanza Region where it has been recently confirmed that eight people have already died from the water born bacterial disease.

 

10 years ago

TheCitizen

24 Sep

Dawasco refutes blame for cholera outbreak

The Dar es Salaam Water and Sewerage Corporation (Dawasco) has refuted claims that water supplied by the public utility in some areas was contaminated with bacteria that cause cholera.

 

10 years ago

Voice Of America

27 May

UN: 'Significant Challenges' in Tanzania Cholera Outbreak

Voice of America
UN: 'Significant Challenges' in Tanzania Cholera Outbreak
Voice of America
GENEVA—. U.N. aid agencies report better sanitation and clean drinking water is containing a cholera epidemic among Burundian refugees in Tanzania, but there are fears that the deadly disease could spread to the local Tanzanian population. The U.N. ...
UNHCR slashes Burundi refugee figure from earlier 'guesstimate'Reuters

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9 years ago

TheCitizen

15 Nov

K’njaro authorities move to avert cholera outbreak

Kilimanjaro Region has stepped up several measures to contain cholera, a water-borne communicable disease, which has lately wreaked havoc in various regions, killing at least 100.

 

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