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Some Cholera Confirmed in Cyclone-Hit Myanmar
May 16, 2008
An international aid agency has confirmed some cases of cholera in Myanmar's cyclone-hit Irawaddy delta but the number was in line with normal levels in previous years, an aid official said.
"We do have some confirmed cholera," World Health Organization representative Maureen Birmingham told a news conference in Bangkok. She was speaking on behalf of around 30 health groups trying to get medical aid into the delta, where cholera is endemic.
"We don't have an explosion of cholera. Thus far the rate of cholera is no greater than the background rate that we would be seeing in Myanmar during this season," she said.
For full article, visit:
http://www.reuters.com/article/healthNews/idUSSP24307320080516
Related Article:
U.N.: Myanmar Deaths Could Exceed 100,000
http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/05/15/myanmar/index.html
category: News from Other Sources : General Health News
contributed by Liza Nanni on 16 May 2008
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