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Burundi Cholera - DREF operation n° MDRBI007 Final Report

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IFRC

CHF 85,258 was allocated from the IFRC’s Disaster Relief Emergency Fund (DREF) to support Burundi Red Cross in delivering immediate assistance to some 10,170 beneficiaries in six provinces affected by the cholera outbreak.

Summary: Since 13 August 2011, the Minister of Health declared cholera a disaster in Burundi. A total of six provinces were affected, including Bururi, Cibitoke, Bujumbura Town and Bujumbura Rural, as well as Bubanza and Makamba.

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Journée mondiale du lavage des mains au savon. L'UNICEF rappelle que ce geste simple et peu coûteux va sauver des vies d'enfants s'il est pratiqué quotidiennement

BUJUMBURA, 14 octobre 2011 - A l'occasion de la 4ème édition de la Journée mondiale du lavage des mains au savon le 15 octobre, qui sera célébrée au Burundi le 14 octobre sur le thème « Lavage des mains au savon plusieurs fois par jour », l'UNICEF appelle le Gouvernement et ses partenaires à intensifier les efforts en vue de promouvoir ce geste simple et peu coûteux qui va sauver de nombreuses vies d'enfants ; cependant, il reste encore trop peu pratiqué au Burundi.

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Burundi + 10 others
West and Central Africa: Cholera thriving two years on

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IRIN

DAKAR, 12 October 2011 (IRIN) - Three simultaneous cholera epidemics have affected 24 countries in West and Central Africa, with 85,000 infections and 2,466 deaths since the beginning of 2011, according to the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF).

IRIN:

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This article does not necessarily reflect the views of the United Nations or its agencies. Refer to the IRIN copyright page for conditions of use.

Cet article ne reflète pas nécessairement les vues des Nations Unies. Voir IRIN droits d'auteur pour les conditions d'utilisation.

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Cameroon + 7 others
UNICEF fights “one of the worst ever” cholera outbreaks in West and Central Africa

DAKAR/GENEVA, 11 October 2011 – UNICEF is calling for a redoubling of efforts to combat cholera outbreaks that are claiming lives and affecting large numbers of people across West and Central Africa.

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A dozen killed in cholera outbreak

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IRIN

BUJUMBURA, 14 September 2011 (IRIN) - Burundian health officials are battling to control a cholera outbreak that has killed 12 people and infected 600 others since August.

Although the epidemic is under control in some areas, health officials in the capital, Bujumbura, said a new area of infection had started at Nyanza Lac, Makamba province, where 80 new cases have been reported, 64 of whom are in hospital.

IRIN:

A selection of IRIN reports are posted on ReliefWeb. Find more IRIN news and analysis at http://www.irinnews.org

Une sélection d'articles d'IRIN sont publiés sur ReliefWeb. Trouvez d'autres articles et analyses d'IRIN sur http://www.irinnews.org

This article does not necessarily reflect the views of the United Nations or its agencies. Refer to the IRIN copyright page for conditions of use.

Cet article ne reflète pas nécessairement les vues des Nations Unies. Voir IRIN droits d'auteur pour les conditions d'utilisation.

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Cholera - DREF operation n° MDRBI007

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IFRC

CHF 85,258 has been allocated from the IFRC’s Disaster Relief Emergency Fund (DREF) to support the National Society in delivering immediate assistance to some 10,170 beneficiaries in 5 provinces affected by the cholera outbreak. Un-earmarked funds to repay DREF are encouraged.

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Cholera Outbreak (as of 29 Aug 2011) - Location Map

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The Burundi Red Cross in the boxing ring against cholera

A cholera epidemic prevails since the beginning of August 2011 in some communes of Bujumbura Mayorship, Bujumbura Rural, Bururi, Bubanza and Cibitoke provinces. Until the 24 of this month, 245 cases, including 7 dead people, have been recorded. Rumonge commune in Bururi province is the most affected, with a total of 73 cases including 15 internal patients.

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La Croix-Rouge du Burundi dans le ring contre le choléra

Une épidémie de choléra sévit depuis le début du mois d’Août 2011 dans quelques communes des provinces Bujumbura marie, Bujumbura Rural, Bururi, Bubanza et Cibitoke. Jusqu’au 24 courant, 245 cas, dont 7 morts, avaient été enregistrés. La commune Rumonge de la province Bururi est la plus touchée, avec un cumul de 73 cas dont 15 malades internes. Le choléra est devenu plutôt chronique dans les localités de la plaine de l’Imbo dont la plupart longe le lac Tanganyika et la rivière Rusizi. Même la capital Bujumbura qu’on croirait à l’abri n’est pas du tout épargnée.

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Burundi cholera outbreak kills four, infects 400

BUJUMBURA — Cholera has killed at least four people in an outbreak in the past three weeks in western Burundi, where more than 400 people are infected, a health ministry official said on Monday.

"Cholera is back in Burundi (...). Since August 3, we have officially registered 428 cases, of whom 42 were in hospital this morning in two southern districts of Bujumbura, in the (south-western) district of Rumonge and in the (north-western) province of Cibitoke", Terence Bwarikindi, the deputy head of emergency services in the health ministry, told AFP.

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