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Cholera

How MSF teams treat cholera patients

Cholera is eminently treatable. The main pathological process it causes is dehydration - thus the treatment we use is simply to replace all the fluid being lost. MSF treats many patients using oral rehydration solution, called ORS. This is a mixture of glucose and electrolytes (such as sodium and potassium) that comes in sachets. Project Update - 28 Sep 2000
 
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Afghanistan

Cholera and looming food crisis in Afghanistan

In addition to existing problems confronting Afghanistan, the country is now also facing a cholera epidemic. Project Update - 13 Sep 2000
 
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Nigeria

Cholera breaks out in Kano

Cholera has broken out in the northern Nigerian state of Kano. The first cases were seen in mid-May but the outbreak exploded in the last few weeks, with over 300 cases reported by MSF and the State Ministry of Health in the last week of June. By the end of June there were over 1,200 cases and 23 deaths. Project Update - 5 Jul 2000
 
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Democratic Republic of Congo

Aid workers resume assistance to civilian population

Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), the international aid agency, has been surveying the casualties and the needs of the civilian population for the first time after a week of fighting in Kisangani, Democratic Republic of Congo. Press Release - 12 Jun 2000
 
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Madagascar

Madagascar cholera epidemic

For the first time in the island's recent history, Madagascar has been hit by a cholera epidemic. The first cases were identified in the province of Mahajanga in March 1999. The outbreak spread rapidly there, as well as in the neighboring provinces of Antananarivo and Diégo-Suarez Project Update - 22 Feb 2000
 
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Madagascar

MSF withdraws from Toliara province

Tuesday morning, the Swiss Section of the organization MSF officially announced the immediate and total withdrawal of all its teams working in Madagascar, in response to the refusal of authorities to allow them access to treat cholera victims. Press Release - 22 Feb 2000
 
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Somalia

Cholera treatment centre to start

Following the recent outbreak of cholera in Mogadishu, Somalia, MSF has implemented a Cholera Treatment Centre (CTC) which will be up and running later in January. Project Update - 17 Jan 2000
 
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Timor-Leste

WHO warns of epidemic diseases potential

With the rainy season in East Timor starting, epidemic diseases,such as cholera and malaria are becoming major public health concerns, according to a warning issued by the World Health Organisation (WHO). Project Update - 5 Nov 1999
 
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Cholera in north western Cambodia

Press Release - 26 Jun 1998
Cholera intervention in South Kivu
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