ZANZIBAR, Tanzania:
Waterborne disease has killed one person and hospitalized 202 more in Zanzibar's main town and Tanzania's capital, largely due to a shortage of drinking water and poor sanitation services, officials said Friday. In the capital, Dar es Salaam, one person has died from cholera and 56 others have contracted the disease, said Gastor Mwakembe, spokesman for the city council. He said all the cases come from the most densely populated section of the city and that a health education program was under way.
Cholera is spread by contaminated water and food. "We appeal to residents to observe health regulations, including boiling drinking water," Mwakembe said. In Zanzibar, an archipelago off Tanzania's coast, 146 patients have been admitted to hospital for dysentery since Oct. 20, Health and Social Welfare Minister Sultan Mugheiry said. He added that most of the victims were children.
http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2006/11/10/africa/AF_GEN_Tanzania_Waterborne_Diseases.php
Waterborne disease has killed one person and hospitalized 202 more in Zanzibar's main town and Tanzania's capital, largely due to a shortage of drinking water and poor sanitation services, officials said Friday. In the capital, Dar es Salaam, one person has died from cholera and 56 others have contracted the disease, said Gastor Mwakembe, spokesman for the city council. He said all the cases come from the most densely populated section of the city and that a health education program was under way.
Cholera is spread by contaminated water and food. "We appeal to residents to observe health regulations, including boiling drinking water," Mwakembe said. In Zanzibar, an archipelago off Tanzania's coast, 146 patients have been admitted to hospital for dysentery since Oct. 20, Health and Social Welfare Minister Sultan Mugheiry said. He added that most of the victims were children.
http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2006/11/10/africa/AF_GEN_Tanzania_Waterborne_Diseases.php
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