Cholera outbreak spreads to Mwanza killing 8

 Head of the health department at Handeni District Hospital Credianus Mgimba said the infected persons died between Friday and Saturday and were from Segera, Kwamnele, Kwengoma, Kwamatuku and Ndolwa.

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.

Two more cases of Ebola are confirmed in the Liberian village where a teenager died on Sunday - the first case for seven weeks.

Cholera outbreak kills 54 in Tanzania: UN
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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.

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UN: 'Significant Challenges' in Tanzania Cholera Outbreak
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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. ...
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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.

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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Cholera outbreak among Burundi refugees in Tanzania slowing: UN
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In Tanzania, Unicef Dispatching Working to Halt Cholera Outbreak Among ...
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The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) is rushing critical relief supplies to Tanzania's north-western border with Burundi amid a devastating cholera outbreak affecting tens of thousands of refugees there. In a press release issued earlier today, UNICEF ...