Lying in her makeshift hospital bed, Joyce Tembo thanked medical personnel for evacuating her to the designated national cholera treatment centre, 6 km north of Zambia’s capital Lusaka. She was recently diagnosed with diarrhoeal disease. Tembo, 43, commended the medical staff stationed at the treatment centre for their great service to thousands of patients, especially… Continue reading Chinese Doctors Are Helping Zambia Battle Severe Cholera Outbreak
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National Health Department To Investigate Bushbuckridge Cholera Scare
The National Department of Health is in the process of investigating Mpumalanga clinicians who failed to take specimens of patients who presented with cholera symptoms but simply gave them painkillers. This follows a number of cases that African Times investigated in Bushbuckridge, where water challenges have plagued some townships and villages for months. Residents of… Continue reading National Health Department To Investigate Bushbuckridge Cholera Scare
Fear, Hopelessness In Hammanskraal As Cholera Survivors Pick Up The Pieces
Three factors convinced Nthabiseng Mkase that things were falling apart in Hammanskraal: her six-year-old child was vomiting profusely under the weight of diarrhoea, the local hospital seemed overwhelmed with cholera patients, while sewage spills were overflowing in the streets. It all began two weeks ago when Mkase’s child started vomiting endlessly on a Friday night.… Continue reading Fear, Hopelessness In Hammanskraal As Cholera Survivors Pick Up The Pieces
Community Fears Waterborne Diseases After Sewage Spills Into Mpumalanga River
Sewage spillage has been overflowing into a river in Mpumalanga for the past four years, sparking fears by local residents that they might contract waterborne diseases. Residents of Silobela in Carolina Township say the spillage goes straight to the local river that previously served as a source of clean water. They say they have been… Continue reading Community Fears Waterborne Diseases After Sewage Spills Into Mpumalanga River
Cholera wreaking havoc in Mozambique post-Freddy
THE death toll from the worst cholera outbreak in a decade in Mozambique has risen to 97. This is up from the 35 deaths that were reported by the World Health Organisation (WHO) in early March. Then, the Southern African country had 4 979 cases of the water borne disease. The United Nations Children’s Fund… Continue reading Cholera wreaking havoc in Mozambique post-Freddy