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Cholera Defined
A bacterial infection of the small intestine that causes severe watery diarrhea, dehydration, and possibly death
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An ever changing environment continues to wreak havoc
Published August 29, 2008, 3:42 am, Financial Mail
West Africa recently are yet another example of the link between the environment, food security and health. Now the World Health Organisation (WHO) is warning of a spread of water-borne cholera, malaria and other diseases.
Rockwell man helps provide clean drinking water
Published August 29, 2008, 12:56 am, The Salisbury Post
By Brent Johnson Salisbury Post Seems ironic that people who live on islands in Lake Victoria, the second widest fresh-water lake in the world, didn ...
Darfur Camp Attack Hinders Aid Operations
Published August 28, 2008, 5:35 pm, Scoop.co.nz
The New Zealander heading one of the largest relief operations in south and west Darfur says a security clampdown following a Sudanese armed forces attack on a camp in south Darfur is hindering his operation.
Iraqi child dies of cholera in S Iraq
Published August 28, 2008, 5:27 am, People's Daily
A three-year-old child was announced dead of cholera in the Maysan province in southern Iraq, raising fears of spreading the disease throughout the country, a provincial medical source said on Thursday. "Sajjad Farhan Zeki, died on Wednesday in the town of al-Auzeir,70 km south of the provincial capital of Amara, by cholera disease," Jamal al-Alawi, spokesman of Maysan health Directorate told ...
In Briefs
Published August 28, 2008, 1:32 am, Việt Nam News
HA NOI — Three hundred and thirty people tested positive for cholera in the past month, according to the Ministry of Health. Since the beginning of 2007, 4,533 people across the nation have been struck with acute diarrhoea, of whom 722 tested positive to the vibrio cholera bacteria.
Guinea Bissau: Cholera Epidemic Claims More Lives
Published August 27, 2008, 11:03 pm, AllAfrica.com
Up to 3,160 people have now contracted cholera and 73 people have died across the country and health minister Camilo Simoes Lopes told IRIN the authorities are struggling to win the fight again the epidemic.
Farmers stranded at Mbare Musika
Published August 27, 2008, 1:09 am, The Herald
SCORES of farmers who had brought their produce for sale were yesterday stranded at Mbare Musika following the closure of two fruit and vegetable markets.
After five years of war, Iraqis desperate for water
Published August 26, 2008, 11:58 pm, Times of Malta
A girl carries a cooking pot filled with water on her head in Baghdad's Sadr City. At a communal water station in a Baghdad slum, a young boy's skinny arms fly up and down as he uses a bicycle pump to coax water from the dry ground.
How Jacob Riis Lived: Tom Buk-Swienty's 'The Other Half'
Published August 26, 2008, 4:27 pm, The New York Sun
If you stand at the corner of Bayard and Mulberry streets in lower Manhattan and look south, you will be greeted with a vibrant street scene you could find nowhere but in New York. The streets are lined with the thriving businesses of Chinatown — bakeries and fish markets, souvenir shops, a funeral home. To the west is Columbus Park, where on a recent weekend a large crowd of older people were ...
U.S. online Ayurvedic meds have high levels of lead
Published August 26, 2008, 2:42 pm, CTV.ca
American researchers went online to order Ayurvedic medicines, and discovered lead, mercury or arsenic levels that exceed acceptable standards in their purchases, according to a study published Tuesday.
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- June 25, 1849 atmosphere, electricity, cholera: tied to Macleane entry - along same lines of exploring electricity in atmosphere and cholear by way of sparking experiment.
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- January 7, 1848 Influenza, cholera, lightning: almost completely wrong letter from Macleane concerning atmospheric conditions, a lack of lightning and cholera/influe nza. He seeks to reassure people with his (wrong) theory but crucially says that his uncertain theory should not interfere with implementation of crucial sanitation innovations in cities.
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- BibliOdyssey: Collectie Ver Huell: My favorite is the one in the middle, "Cholera& quot;
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