- Hello Jeff - Looks like the diseases of the past are
back with us, first TB now Typhoid. According to the presidential
team of doctors, the first lady of Indonesia is being treated in hospital
for Typhoid.
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- Also, Fiji, Philippines, and Zambia have cases in addition
to Indonesia.
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- Patty
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- [1] Fiji (Western Division) Date: Sat 7 Jan 2012 Source:
Fiji Times [edited] http://www.fijitimes.com/story.aspx?id=190152
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- A total of 42 typhoid cases have been recorded at the
Nanoko nursing zone after the compulsory screening of 922 villagers in
the area. Nanoko Village recorded the highest number with 18, followed
by Tuvavatu settlement with 9. The others are Nubutautau (1), Nasauvakarua
(5), Tokoni (2), Mare (3), Natoka (2) and Todrokwadrokwa (2).
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- Speaking at Nanoko on Thu 5 Jan 2012, acting sub-divisional
medical officer Dr Tupou Raqona said 24 cases were recorded before the
deployment of the health team to Nanoko, while 18 were identified through
the compulsory checks. Dr Raqona said of the 18 positive cases, 8 were
healthy carriers.
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- Dr Raqona said the main causes of the outbreak were the
presence of chronic typhoid carriers, the poor quality of community water,
poor food safety measures, and poor general sanitation. "About 90
per cent of the families from both communities are using pit toilets with
conditions rated as very poor. They also have low personal hygiene,"
Dr Raqona said.
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- Byline: Maciu Malo
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- A ProMED HealthMap is available at http://healthmap.org/r/1Cy
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- [2] Philippines (Leyte Province) Date: Wed 4 Jan 2012
Source: Manila Bulletin [edited] http://www.mb.com.ph/articles/346994/typhoid-cases-leyte-alarming
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- The Department of Health (DoH) in Region 8 is urging
the public to keep their surroundings clean after noting the rise in cases
of typhoid fever, especially in Leyte province's 4 towns. DoH 8 Nurse Boyd
Cerro said the cases of typhoid fever in the towns of Carigara, Capoocan,
Tunga, and Barugo have become alarming, with Carigara registering 102 affected
residents.
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- The health department has also noted the rising number
of patients with typhoid fever confined in a hospital in Tacloban City,
aside from district hospitals in the said 4 towns. The DoH, however, has
not received reports of deaths due to typhoid fever.
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- Based on the initial investigation launched by the DoH,
it was found out that the water sources of the said towns are contaminated
with the bacterium causing typhoid fever. Cerro said residents should boil
their water before drinking it to prevent getting the disease.
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- [3] Indonesia (Jakarta) Date: Tue 10 Jan 2012 Source:
The Jakarta Globe [edited] http://www.thejakartaglobe.com/home/ibu-ani-treated-for-typhoid-doctors/487879
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- The First Lady of Indonesia is being treated in the hospital
after contracting typhoid, a member of the presidential team of doctors
said. She was admitted to the Army hospital in Jakarta and was diagnosed
as suffering from a bout of typhoid, said Aris Wibudi, a member of the
presidential medical team.
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- "Currently, the First Lady is still suffering from
a fever that comes and goes, but clinically she is showing improvements,"
Aris said at the hospital. He did not say how she contracted typhoid. He
also declined to say when she might be released from the hospital.
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- President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, who had been on a
visit to Cilacap, Central Java, arrived back in the capital on Thu 5 Jan
2012 and visited his wife at Gatot Subroto Hospital, according to state
news agency Antara.
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- In the developing world, waterborne enteric pathogens
do not ignore the upper social strata. - Mod.LL
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- A ProMED HealthMap is available at http://healthmap.org/r/1DkY.
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- [4] Zambia Date: Mon 9 Jan 2012 Source: Zambia Daily
Mail [edited] http://www.daily-mail.co.zm/index.php/politics/2783-typhoid-cases-up-to-2094
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- The number of patients treated for typhoid in Mufulira's
Mupambe township has risen to 2094. Two people have so far died of the
diarrheal disease, which broke out in December 2011.
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- Ministry of Health spokesperson Reuben Mbewe said: "As
of Fri 6 Jan 2012, we had 2094 patients who were attended to for suspected
typhoid, out of which 119 were admitted to various health centres, while
79 were discharged since the outbreak of the disease 2 weeks ago,"
Dr Mbewe said. He said 2 deaths have so have been recorded in Mupambe since
the outbreak of the disease 2 weeks ago.
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- Dr Mbewe said Mufulira recorded 12 new cases of typhoid
on 6 Jan 2012, and 17 patients were treated and discharged from various
health centres. He said the situation in Mupambe is slowly stabilising,
and residents have continued to visit the mobile clinic for medical check-ups.
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- Byline: Nkombo Kachemba
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- A ProMED HealthMap is available at http://healthmap.org/r/1Dk_
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- Patricia A. Doyle DVM, PhD Bus Admin, Tropical Agricultural
Economics Univ of West Indies Please visit my "Emerging Diseases"
message board at:http://www.emergingdisease.org/phpbb/index.php Also
my new website: http://drpdoyle.tripod.com/ Zhan le Devlesa tai
sastimasa Go with God and in Good Health
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- Benjamin Franklin said, "They that can give
up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve
neither liberty nor safety."
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