Deaths from diarrhoea on the increase
"The total diarrhoea cases reported this week are 15 078 cases and 23 deaths," reads the report. "Of the reported cases 10 069 and 15 deaths were of children under five years of age." Mpilo and Harare Central hospitals recorded the highest deaths with …
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Over 35 suffer from diarrhoea after consuming contaminated water
Over 35 persons, including children, suffered from diarrhoea at Aajnokh village in Mathura due to consumption of polluted water. "All persons suffering from diarrhoea were provided treatment in a makeshift hospital set up in the village," CMO Dr B S …
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Misplaced hoopla over Indian anti-diarrhoea vaccine
Diarrhoea vaccine Newspapers and television channels in India and abroad were abuzz recently with reports that an Indian rotavirus (anti-diarrhoea) vaccine had been developed and tested. We were told that the vaccine, called Rotavac, is to be sold at …
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Uttarakhand fears epidemic, victims suffer diarrhoea
"After picking up early warning signals, diarrhoea cases in Haridwar (Alwalpur), Uttarkashi (Udvi) and Rudraprayag (Chandrapuri) have been managed at incipient stage. No outbreak of water borne/food borne/air borne or direct contact diseases has been …
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Hundreds of villagers complain of high fever, diarrhoea amid fear of epidemic …
Amid warnings of an epidemic in flood-hit Uttarakhand hundreds of people from various villages have been heading to medical camps set up by the armed forces with complaints of high fever, diarrhoea and vomiting, authorities said on Wednesday. Even as …
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