Bob Sims
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 Posted: Tue Jun 21, 2005 3:01 pm Post subject:
WHO Epi Report
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Cholera in Afghanistan
21 June 2005
| Quote: | From 25 May to 16 June, the Ministry of Health, Afghanistan reported a
total of 3245 cases of acute watery diarrhoea in Kabul city. Out of |
these 777 were hospitalised for severe dehydration. Vibrio cholerae has
been laboratory confirmed in 30 stool samples out of 44.
WHO is assisting the Ministry of Health to administer its control
measures and has sent cholera kits for case management.
Poliomyelitis in Indonesia - update 5
20 June 2005
On 20 June 2005, five new polio cases were confirmed in Indonesia,
bringing the total number of cases to 51. Two of these cases are from
Bogor district, one from Cinajur and one from Sukabumi, all in the
province of Jawa Berat. The most recent of these new cases had onset of
paralysis on 28 May, before the immunization 'mop-up' campaign held on
31 May to 2 June. The fifth case is from Demak district in Jawa Tengah,
a hitherto unaffected province and outside the area where the 'mop-up'
campaign was held .
For more information
:: Indonesia: update on polio outbreak (20 June) (pdf) |
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