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Darfur yellow fever outbreak worst in decades
An outbreak of mosquito-borne yellow fever which has killed at least 165 people in Sudan's Darfur region is Africa's worst in decades, the World Health Organisation said on Thursday.
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Dec 06, 2012 |
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Cuba declares cholera outbreak over
Cuba's health ministry said Tuesday the country's first cholera outbreak in 130 years is over after three deaths and more than 400 confirmed cases.
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Aug 28, 2012 |
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Cuba's first cholera outbreak in 130 years kills three
An outbreak of cholera in eastern Cuba has killed at least three people, 130 years after the last known case of the disease was reported on the island.
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Jul 03, 2012 |
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Cholera surges in Haiti's Central Plateau
(AP) -- An old man with sunken cheeks is so dehydrated he must be carried down the dirt lane to a clinic where the air is thick with the odor of bleach. Minutes later, a worried father enters, carrying a ...
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Jul 11, 2011 |
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Dengue fever outbreak hits Costa Rica
Health officials in Costa Rica said an outbreak of dengue fever has sickened 7,000 people, with many cases occurring in some of this Central American country's most popular tourist areas.
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Apr 10, 2013 |
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Flood-hit Mozambique battles cholera outbreak
Aid workers in flood-hit Mozambique said they were fighting to contain an outbreak of cholera Wednesday, which has sickened 282 people.
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Feb 13, 2013 |
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Darfur's yellow fever shows 'no sign of stopping'
A rare outbreak of mosquito-borne yellow fever which has killed 165 people in Sudan's Darfur region in the past three months continues to spread, the UN warned on Thursday.
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Dec 06, 2012 |
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Yellow fever shots begin in Sudan's Darfur
Health workers in Sudan's Darfur region have begun vaccinating more than two million people against a rare yellow fever outbreak suspected of killing 124 since late September, medics said on Thursday.
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Nov 22, 2012 |
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Migration officials say cholera in Haiti on rise
(AP)—The world's largest agency that deals with global migration says cholera is again on the rise in Haiti.
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Nov 16, 2012 |
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Cuba cholera contained, no case in capital: blog
A Cuban cholera outbreak that has claimed three lives has been contained and no cases have been detected in the capital Havana, a pro-government blog reported Wednesday.
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Jul 11, 2012 |
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Zimbabwe doctors report 800 typhoid cases
(AP) -- An independent doctors' group in Zimbabwe is reporting 800 cases of the bacterial disease typhoid in a recent outbreak.
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Jan 29, 2012 |
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WHO warns of disease risk in flood-hit Thailand
Thailand's hundreds of thousands of flood victims are at risk of water-borne diseases and infections, the World Health Organisation said Saturday, though no major outbreaks have been reported yet.
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Oct 22, 2011 |
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