Typhoid News
More malaria patients in West Darfur camp
- Residents of the El Salam camp in South Darfur are porting the spread of malaria and typhoid
- Health centers are absent, so they are forced to buy medicines from health assistants
Typhoid fever kills three in Benue
- A disease outbreak suspected to be typhoid fever has killed three people in Naka Town, in Benue, Nigeria
Manyenyeni vows to revive Harare’s Sunshine City status
- The Harare mayor has acquired 30 new refuse collection trucks through a bank loan
- This follows a typhoid outbreak earlier this year, when it was discovered that most of the city’s refuse collection was inoperational
Benue Flood: Five cases of diarrhoea reported in IDP camp; occupants reach 4,776
- A camp in Makurdi, Nigeria, hodling 4,776 people internally displaced by heavy flooding, has reported five cases of diarrhea and several cases of typhoid and malaria
After terrible Tuesday’s downpour, Mumbai experiences a spike in monsoon diseases
- Torrential rains in Mumbai cause an increase in waterborne illnesses
Uganda: Kalangala Struggling to Contain Waterborne Pollution in Communities
- Communities living in Kalangala District stand a greater risk of contracting waterborne diseases arising from the increasing consumption of unsafe water and poor sanitation
Grieving journalist narrates how doctors abandoned dying son; teaching hospital launches probe
- The seven-year-old son of a journalist died of typhoid complications in a hospital in Bauchi, Nigeria after doctors delayed intestinal perforation surgery for 18 hours
A Sea of Health and Environmental Hazards in Houston’s Floodwaters
- Flooded sewers are stoking fears of cholera, typhoid and other infectious diseases
- Runoff from the city’s sprawling petroleum and chemicals complex contains hazardous compounds
Mumbai rains: ‘City at risk of infection’, health officials tell residents to take preventive measures
- In August, more than 8,000 fever cases have already been recorded across city hospitals and dispensaries
City sees 500 typhoid cases in two weeks, docs say it’s ‘unusual’
- At least 200 cases of typhoid have been reported from the city in the last week, while the week before witnessed around 300 cases
200 cases of typhoid in Bengaluru in one week, BBMP advises boiled water for drinking
- Bengaluru has registered 200 cases of typhoid in the last week, bringing the January-August total up to 1368
- Authorities warn that sewage mixing with drinking water as a result of heavy rains has caused the rise in typhoid cases, but deny there is a typhoid outbreak
Flood Brings Home the Typhoid Bug
- Doctors in the city say there are more cases of typhoid being recorded, especially after the August rain
Nigeria: Changing Lives With Safe Water Supply – Story of Akwa Ibom Communities
- The Niger Delta Support Programme (NDSP) of the European Union and United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) are bringing clean piped water to Nigerian villages
- The WASH Chairman in the community of Ikot Esop said that the new water sources have reduced cases of typhoid and other waterborne disease in children
NGO drills 13 boreholes for residents
- The Community Working Group on Health (CWGH) has drilled 13 chlorinated boreholes in Harare’s Hatcliffe high-density suburb to curb the spread of typhoid that hit the area early this year
Typhoid Cases on the Rise
- The Ministry of Health has recorded 25 cases of typhoid with 6 healthy carriers since February
Statins to Fight Typhoid Fever? Apparently, Cholesterol Lets Pathogens Strike
- Typhoid uses cholesterol to invade the cell
- Fish given a cholesterol-lowering drug were more likely to survive injection with Typhi
South Korea: 5 Sangmyung University students contract typhoid in India
- Five South Korean university students contracted typhoid while in India
- Diagnosed upon return to Korea. Four still in hospital
Floods affect millions in Bangladesh, India and Nepal
- Millions across Bangladesh, India and Nepal are affected by floods caused by monsoon rains
Preventing spread of disease in wake of mudslides is vital, says WHO
- WHO working with the government of Sierra Leone to prevent the spread of infectious diseases after flooding and mudslides in Freetown
- Residents of affected areas are vulnerable to outbreaks of infectious diseases such as typhoid, malaria and cholera
Diseases on the Rise in City After Drain Bursts
- After a drain burst in Bangalore, doctors report a high number of typhoid cases in waterlogged areas
