Dawasco refutes blame for cholera outbreak

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.

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. ...
UNHCR slashes Burundi refugee figure from earlier 'guesstimate'Reuters

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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.

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Cholera outbreak among Burundi refugees in Tanzania slowing: UN
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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...

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.

In Tanzania, Unicef Dispatching Working to Halt Cholera Outbreak Among ...
AllAfrica.com
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 ...

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 ...

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...