Africa
2011-10-26
AFRICA - Children, especially malnourished, victims most at risk of one of the worst epidemics of cholera
Rome (Agenzia Fides) - This year in West and Central Africa more than 85 000 cases of cholera that have killed 2,466 people have been registered. For dimensions and the danger of outbreaks, the region is facing one of the largest epidemics of its history. The mortality rate, between 2.3% and 4.7%, is high and can reach very high peaks in some districts (in Cameroon it varies from 1% to 22%). Children are the most vulnerable to the disease because they dehydrate more quickly and the malnourished are particularly at risk. With regard to epidemics of cholera, the most significant increases were registered in 2011 in Chad, Cameroon and the Democratic Republic of Congo. There are three border areas in West and Central Africa where the epidemic broke out: the basin of Lake Chad (between Chad, Cameroon, Nigeria and Niger), the western basin of the river Congo (between DR of Congo, Congo and Central Afican Republic) and Lake Tanganyika (between DR Congo and Burundi). Small outbreaks of cholera in Benin, Cote d'Ivoire, Ghana, Guinea, Liberia and Togo are under control. (AP) (Agenzia Fides 26/10/2011)
AFRICA
- 2013-04-04 AFRICA - Africa among the continents most affected by the scourge of landmines
- 2013-03-27 AFRICA - Crisis in Central Africa repercussions in Chad and South Africa
- 2012-11-22 AFRICA - "The region is going through a complex and painful transition," say the Bishops of North Africa
- 2012-08-27 AFRICA - The African Catholics worried due to fundamentalist violence, they do not want to respond with violence
- 2012-07-21 AFRICA - Abortifacient drugs and contraceptives: a false and dangerous solution to poverty
- 2012-05-30 AFRICA - "We cannot afford to add terrorism to our long list of problems," says the Archbishop of Abuja
- 2012-04-04 AFRICA - The north of Mali like the east of the DRC? The question of the press in Kinshasa
- 2012-03-13 AFRICA - The "Tripoli Plan" for the security of North Africa and the Sahara
- 2012-03-05 AFRICA-New program to reduce maternal mortality in four countries
- 2012-02-15 AFRICA-In Africa 23 million people are at risk of hunger
Content on this site is licensed under a Licenza Creative Commons.