At the peak of the epidemic in mid-October, more than half the patients arrived severely dehydrated because they had waited too long to come to the CTC or had problems finding transportation.
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Cholera continues to spread in eastern Chad
176 cases have been identified in MSF treatment units. To date, 22 people have died, while the disease has spread to nine villages and is likely to reach others.
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Le choléra continue de se propager à l’est du Tchad
206 cas ont été recensés dans les unités de traitement. On compte 25 décès à ce jour tandis que la maladie se propage, atteignant désormais plus d’une dizaine de villages.
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Displacement due to natural hazard-induced disasters: Global estimates for 2009 and 2010
Geneva/Oslo, 6 June 2011 – Over 42 million people across the world were forced to flee due to disasters triggered by sudden‐onset natural hazards in 2010, according to a new study by the Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC)’s Geneva‐based Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre (IDMC). In 2009,...