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24% Deaths In Delhi Caused Due To Infectious, Parasitic Diseases: Report
A Delhi government report has attributed nearly 24 per cent of the total about 89,000 deaths registered in the national capital in 2023 to infectious and parasitic diseases like cholera, diarrhoea, tuberculosis and hepatitis B, among others.
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417 Dead In Cyclone-Hit Mozambique, Cholera Cases Reported In Beira
The death toll in Mozambique after a cyclone tore through southern Africa and triggered devastating floods has jumped to 417, Land and Environment Minister Celso Correia said on Saturday, adding that the situation remained critical.
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Monsoon Diseases: This Monsoon, Keep Cholera At Bay: Here's How
Cholera is an infectious and bacterial disease which is spread because of consuming contaminated water or food prepared with contaminated water. Read to know all about this disease, which is quite likely to happen during monsoon.
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22 Lakh People Affected By Fever, 420 Deaths: Kerala Government
The Kerala government today said 420 people died and over 22 lakh persons were affected by various kinds of fever in the state since January.
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Solar Energy Powers Clean Water, Business Opportunities For Refugees In Tanzania
Sadick Thenest remembers how his 8-year-old daughter had a narrow brush with death two years ago, when she contracted cholera after drinking contaminated water.
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10 Things To Know About Cholera
Cholera is an infectious disease that causes severe watery diarrhoea, which can lead to dehydration and even death if untreated. It is caused by eating food or drinking water contaminated with a bacterium called Vibrio cholerae.
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Severe Cholera Outbreak In Yemen Kills Over 100,000
Cholera is a dangerous disease that causes acute diarrhea in people. Its symptoms include severe dehydration and muscle cramps. Generally, caused due to intake of contaminated food or water, this disease can lead to death if untreated.
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Haiti Tries To Get Hurricane Aid Right, But Cholera Blamed On UN Weighs
Foreign medics with orange stretchers and gallons of chlorine are stemming a cholera outbreak on Haiti's hurricane-struck coast but the focus on a disease UN peacekeepers brought here six years ago is slowing the delivery of food and shelter for storm victims.
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Hurricane Matthew Toll In Haiti Rises To 1,000, Dead Buried In Mass Graves
Haiti started burying some of its dead in mass graves in the wake of Hurricane Matthew, a government official said on Sunday, as cholera spread in the devastated southwest and the death toll from the storm rose to 1,000 people.
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After Hurricane, Haiti Confronts Cholera Outbreak
A week after being devastated by a hurricane, Haiti faces a growing cholera outbreak that threatens to turn its disaster even more deadly.
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Nearly 10,000 Cholera Cases, 150 Deaths in Tanzania: WHO
A major cholera outbreak in Tanzania has now infected nearly 10,000 people and killed 150, the World Health Organization said today, voicing concern that predicted flooding risked spreading the disease internationally.
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South Sudan Cholera Outbreak Spreads, Deaths Rise to 39: WHO
Cholera in war-torn South Sudan has spread to another state, with at least 39 dead since an outbreak was declared last month, the World Heath Organization (WHO) said today.
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Cholera Deaths in South Sudan Rise, Thousands at Risk: UN
At least 29 people have died in a cholera outbreak in war-torn South Sudan with thousands more at risk of infection, the United Nations said today.
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Thousands of Snow Geese Fall Dead From Sky
Avian cholera is suspected in the deaths of at least 2,000 snow geese that fell dead from the sky in Idaho while migrating to nesting grounds on the northern coast of Alaska, wildlife managers said Monday.
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Samples of 6 Suspected Swine Flu Patients Sent to Kolkata
Samples of six persons, suspected to have been infected with swine flu, have been sent to the National Institute of Cholera and Enteric Diseases, Kolkata from Mizoram since last month.
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24% Deaths In Delhi Caused Due To Infectious, Parasitic Diseases: Report
A Delhi government report has attributed nearly 24 per cent of the total about 89,000 deaths registered in the national capital in 2023 to infectious and parasitic diseases like cholera, diarrhoea, tuberculosis and hepatitis B, among others.
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417 Dead In Cyclone-Hit Mozambique, Cholera Cases Reported In Beira
The death toll in Mozambique after a cyclone tore through southern Africa and triggered devastating floods has jumped to 417, Land and Environment Minister Celso Correia said on Saturday, adding that the situation remained critical.
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Monsoon Diseases: This Monsoon, Keep Cholera At Bay: Here's How
Cholera is an infectious and bacterial disease which is spread because of consuming contaminated water or food prepared with contaminated water. Read to know all about this disease, which is quite likely to happen during monsoon.
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22 Lakh People Affected By Fever, 420 Deaths: Kerala Government
The Kerala government today said 420 people died and over 22 lakh persons were affected by various kinds of fever in the state since January.
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Solar Energy Powers Clean Water, Business Opportunities For Refugees In Tanzania
Sadick Thenest remembers how his 8-year-old daughter had a narrow brush with death two years ago, when she contracted cholera after drinking contaminated water.
-
10 Things To Know About Cholera
Cholera is an infectious disease that causes severe watery diarrhoea, which can lead to dehydration and even death if untreated. It is caused by eating food or drinking water contaminated with a bacterium called Vibrio cholerae.
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Severe Cholera Outbreak In Yemen Kills Over 100,000
Cholera is a dangerous disease that causes acute diarrhea in people. Its symptoms include severe dehydration and muscle cramps. Generally, caused due to intake of contaminated food or water, this disease can lead to death if untreated.
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Haiti Tries To Get Hurricane Aid Right, But Cholera Blamed On UN Weighs
Foreign medics with orange stretchers and gallons of chlorine are stemming a cholera outbreak on Haiti's hurricane-struck coast but the focus on a disease UN peacekeepers brought here six years ago is slowing the delivery of food and shelter for storm victims.
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Hurricane Matthew Toll In Haiti Rises To 1,000, Dead Buried In Mass Graves
Haiti started burying some of its dead in mass graves in the wake of Hurricane Matthew, a government official said on Sunday, as cholera spread in the devastated southwest and the death toll from the storm rose to 1,000 people.
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After Hurricane, Haiti Confronts Cholera Outbreak
A week after being devastated by a hurricane, Haiti faces a growing cholera outbreak that threatens to turn its disaster even more deadly.
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Nearly 10,000 Cholera Cases, 150 Deaths in Tanzania: WHO
A major cholera outbreak in Tanzania has now infected nearly 10,000 people and killed 150, the World Health Organization said today, voicing concern that predicted flooding risked spreading the disease internationally.
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South Sudan Cholera Outbreak Spreads, Deaths Rise to 39: WHO
Cholera in war-torn South Sudan has spread to another state, with at least 39 dead since an outbreak was declared last month, the World Heath Organization (WHO) said today.
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Cholera Deaths in South Sudan Rise, Thousands at Risk: UN
At least 29 people have died in a cholera outbreak in war-torn South Sudan with thousands more at risk of infection, the United Nations said today.
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Thousands of Snow Geese Fall Dead From Sky
Avian cholera is suspected in the deaths of at least 2,000 snow geese that fell dead from the sky in Idaho while migrating to nesting grounds on the northern coast of Alaska, wildlife managers said Monday.
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Samples of 6 Suspected Swine Flu Patients Sent to Kolkata
Samples of six persons, suspected to have been infected with swine flu, have been sent to the National Institute of Cholera and Enteric Diseases, Kolkata from Mizoram since last month.
