UN warns about worrying trend of cholera in Tanzania

Health ministry warned yesterday that the entire city is now facing a public health threat following the outbreak of cholera. Seven people have died in less than two weeks and at least 230 others are hospitalised due to the waterborne disease.

With this political trend, what lies in store for Tanzania?
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The examination of the evil social, economical and political phenomena called colonialism was achieved in the year 1961 granting us independence which is said to be of the flag type as some analysts continue seeing exploitation taking place in a new mode ...

Malaria has been a historical problem in the world, more so in developing countries, especially the sub-Saharan Africa.

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.

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,...

The Indian Panorama
Nearly 5000 cholera cases, 74 deaths in Tanzania: WHO
The Indian Panorama
GENEVA (TIP): Tanzania is facing a major cholera outbreak, counting nearly 5,000 cases and dozens of deaths, the World Health Organization said on Oct 22, calling for urgent action to stop the disease from spreading to neighbouring countries. The UN ...

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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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 ...

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
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