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Pakistan deadly blast killed 27

Posted by james87 On December - 8 - 2008

Pakistan blast

The attack happened outside a Shia mosque near the central Kissa Khwani bazaar, northwestern Pakistani city of Peshawar. It was reported that at least 27 was killed in the highly populated areas, while many were injured. The blast took off with a suspected car bombing, destroying surrounding buildings. Many were trapped under rubble, while bodies of the dead were slowly being recovered. Among the dead, a 12-year-old boy and a woman were found.

According to police officials, the bomb contained approximately 20-25 kg of explosive, and the design is believed to spread fire. Northwestern Pakistan has always been an attack-prone area, involving several clashes between the Shia and Sunni Muslims. Over the past decades, thousands of militants from both their community have already been killed and majority was reported to be of Sunni Muslims.

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Civil Disorder

Cholera fight hinders by several limitations

Posted by james87 On December - 7 - 2008

zimbabwe cholera

Amid a drastic cholera epidemic, Zimbabwe now faces yet another problem – limitation in clean water supply. Since the dawn of cholera in August, 500 have died and many infected. Collapse of the country’s health and sanitation systems has been the main cause of the epidemic. Without proper management, water and sanitation systems soon became the source of epidemic spread.

Many areas are reported to be in extreme shortage of portable water supply; both drinking and medical use. In Mabvuku and Tafara areas, eastern of Harare, water has been cut off since April. In city center, water is only available for an hour or so each day.

According to emergency clinics, as much as 60 litres of water are required to treat a single cholera patient. They are receiving approximately 200 patients each day. Currently, water from boreholes are delivered to the clinic via trucks, however, both boreholes and trucks are short in numbers. Clinics have since implemented water restriction regime, whereby each patient would receive just half the amount of water, from 60 litres to a mere 30 litres.

If water supply is not met, cholera epidemic could worsen especially during rainy season.

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Epidemiology

Zimbabwe preparing for upcoming spike on Cholera

Posted by james87 On December - 7 - 2008

cholera

Cholera outbreaks in Zimbabwe are not as optimistic to the UN Children Fund. Officials are expecting cholera cases to raise further, up by an estimated amount of 60,000 in the coming weeks. Death toll could reach to 2,700, commented by Roeland Monasch, Unicef chief in Harare.

Mr. Monasch projected that the actual death toll might even be higher than recorded, attributing to the fact that people in rural areas frequently just bury the dead without reporting.

The epidemic might spread further, extend uncontrollably during rainy season from December to March. To make matter worst, population in Zimbabwe is in short of food; people were reported to be in extreme hunger even for the disease-stricken. If another round of cholera was to strike, under conditions such as shortages of food and medical aids, it could no doubt lead to a far more fatal epidemic.

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Epidemiology