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ProSense Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-20-07 01:28 PM
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WHO confirms 1st cholera case in Baghdad

WHO confirms 1st cholera case in Baghdad

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BAGHDAD - The World Health Organization on Thursday confirmed the first cholera case in Baghdad, raising fears the disease is spreading.

A 25-year-old woman from western Baghdad was found to have cholera after she turned up at the hospital with a severe case of diarrhea, said Dr. Naeema al-Gasseer, the WHO's representative in Iraq.

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Al-Gasseer said health authorities were concerned that the disease could be spread due to the movement of people within Iraq's borders, which have seen hundreds of thousands of displaced people forced to flee their homes because of the violence.

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The latest WHO report, dated Sept. 14, reported a total of 24,532 cases of people with symptoms of cholera such as diarrhea and vomiting in the northern provinces of Sulaimaniyah, Tamim and Irbil.

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malaise Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-20-07 01:30 PM
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1. It won't matter until it's in the Green Zone
pardon my sarcasm.
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hobbit709 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-20-07 01:37 PM
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2. The Green Zone deserves it
The ordinary Iraqis don't
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spanone Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-20-07 01:39 PM
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3. great, along with faux democracy, we'll bring you disease
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Mojorabbit Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-20-07 01:43 PM
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4. Took them long enough
it has been going on for weeks.
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PA Democrat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-20-07 01:45 PM
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5. The entire country's health care system has been decimated by the
large numbers of health care professionals fleeing from the country. Not a good situation for battling a cholera epidemic. This is horribly sad.
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FloridaJudy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-20-07 01:47 PM
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6. With the water shortages, can typhus be far behind?
Tell me again how much better off the Iraqi people are now :sarcasm:
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spinbaby Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-20-07 02:04 PM
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8. Typhus is actually spread by lice
Although if you don't have water, you're likely to have lice.
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FloridaJudy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-20-07 02:37 PM
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9. My point exactly
Without adequate water, hygiene suffers. "Body" lice actually live on people's clothes (head lice are icky but harmless), and with water shortages, laundry takes a back seat to hydration. I should have made the relationship clearer. My bad.
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madrchsod Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-20-07 01:57 PM
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7. the surge is working
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