10 hours ago by Crof

Via CEPR: As NGOs Begin to Pull Out of IDP Camps, Access to Clean Water Deteriorates. Excerpt from a discouraging report: Although efforts to build sustainable water solutions are clearly needed, after two years of un-sustainable policies in the camps, the result is that – for over 500,000 people st ...

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1 day ago by wildernessmedicinenewsletter

For decades the Wilderness Medicine Newsletter has provided up-to-date information to pre-hospital and definitive care providers. Since becoming an on-line journal, the readership of the WMN has become international. Now the WMN has it’s own web site: www.wildernessmedicinenewsletter.com Subscribers ...

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2 days ago by Arkanoid Legent

Article via IPS News, excerpt : " They survived floods and witnessed the horrific scenes of their houses, livestock, household items and gardens being swept away at the end of January. Now, the people of the Nsanje and Chikhwawa districts on Malawi’s southern border with Mozambique are facing anothe ...

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2 days ago by Crof

Via Voice of America: Haiti PM says Reconstruction Too Slow. Excerpt: Haiti's prime minister says the Caribbean nation's post-earthquake reconstruction needs to move “faster” and “be more effective.” Prime Minister Garry Conille told VOA his trip to Washington was aimed at improving things, to coord ...

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5 days ago by Crof

The MSPP has posted new cholera statistics on its Documentation page for January 15 through 20. Here are the numbers for January 20: Cases: 97 Hospitalizations: 52 Deaths: 0 The totals since the outbreak began in October 2010: Cases: 526,524 Hospitalizations: 283,925 Deaths: 7,025 If correct, these ...

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6 days ago by Crof

Via IBN Live, a report datelined Chennai: Physicians have almost forgotten what cholera is. Excerpt: Having considered cholera as a disease that is past its prime is a malady that appears to have affected most Indian physicians today, according to Dr Balakrish Nair, Executive Director, Translation H ...

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7 days ago by Crof

Via HaitiLibre.com: Beginning of a pilot program of vaccination against cholera. Excerpt: Dr. Gabriel Thimoté, Director General of the Ministry of Public Health and Population has announced a pilot experience of vaccination against cholera, on a small number of people, should begin in Haiti during t ...

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7 days ago by Crof

Via UNICEF: Alarming outbreak of cholera in the Central African Republic begins to subside. BANGUI and NDIMBA, Central African Republic, 3 February 2012 – Véronique Yassambatendji was awakened late one night in October when her husband began experiencing severe diarrhoea and vomiting. The 30-year-ol ...

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7 days ago by Crof

Via HaitiLibre.com: Drinking water system at the Jacmel prison. Excerpt: Of a capacity of 20,000 liters per day, a water treatment by ultrafiltration, has been installed at the Jacmel prison. Funded by the Section Community Violence Reduction (CVR) of the Minustah, to the tune of U.S. $70,000, and s ...

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8 days ago by Arkanoid Legent

Latest news release from UNICEF, excerpt : " BANGUI and NDIMBA, Central African Republic, 3 February 2012 – Véronique Yassambatendji was awakened late one night in October when her husband began experiencing severe diarrhoea and vomiting. The 30-year-old mother of four brought him directly to the lo ...

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