Typhoid News
How expired malaria drug caused death of West Africa Idol star Eric Arubayi
- Nigerian gospel artist Eric Arubayi Jr was sick with malaria and typhoid, and died from taking expired medication
Amid typhoid doctors down tools
- In the midst of a typhoid outbreak, Zimbabwe doctors are going on strike over reneged government promises
“Typhoid crisis far from over”
- The Combined Harare Residents Association (CHRA) has said that typhoid in Harare hasn’t been addressed yet because the city council had not addressed the major drivers of the disease such as water shortages, poor sanitation and non-collection of refuse in residential areas
- The official number of cases is 132, but CHRA contended the figure is above 300
Oxfam Committed to Typhoid Fight
- OXFAM says it is committed to work with Government and local authorities in helping avoid the spread of the typhoid
One of eight typhoid patients in Tawau dies
- One of the eight typhoid patients in Tawau has died but authorities have yet to determine if the patient had passed away due to the disease itself
Health Department Denies Typhoid Outbreak in Tawau, Confirm 1 Dead
- Seven endemic typhoid cases and one typhoid death were from endemic typhoid fever, not an outbreak, says Sabah Health Department
- Rumor spread on social media of an outbreak centered on a fish market, but no evidence
Intestinal pathogen drops gene, spreads through body—and sub-Saharan Africa
- A mutant strain of non-typhoidal Salmonella, ST313, is uncharacteristically adept at breaking out of the intestine into the bloodstream
- Hungry children and HIV-infected adults are most susceptible to infection
Sorting out Harare water problems long overdue
- Editorial calls for proper water and sanitation infrastructure to be built in Harare
Rights commission probes Harare City
- The Zimbabwe Human Rights Commission is investigation whether Harare’s City Council’s poor service delivery constituted a gross violation of resident’s rights, resulting in a typhoid outbreak which claimed two lives and left 150 hospitalized
Concern over typhoid outbreak at Kondotty
- More than 200 people attending a wedding were affected by paratyphoid
- Same strain as the paratyphoid outbreak at another wedding last March
Sabah monitors increase of typhoid incidence
- Sabah Health Department is carefully monitoring the sudden increase of typhoid cases in Tawau
- Eight cases in Tawau and one in Kinabatangan
“No water in Harare is safe”
- Many of Harare’s sources of waters are contaminated due to transposition of matter by rainwater, research by the Environmental Management Agency confirms
- Harare’s borehole water contained fecal matter, and boreholes near graveyards were susceptible to contamination from decomposing corpses
- EMA recommends that Harare residents boil all drinking water regardless of source
Harare council admits blame for typhoid
- The Harare City Council has admitted blame for the outbreak of typhoid which has claimed at least three lives in the Zimbabwe capital
22 new diarrhoeal cases detected in Chidamoyo
- At least 22 new diarrheal cases detected in Chidamoyo, three of which have been confirmed as typhoid
Contaminated boreholes to be decommissioned
- Harare boreholes which have been confirmed to be contaminated will be decommissioned
- Health minister David Parirenyatwa claims that 95 percent of underground water sources in high-density areas were polluted
Two typhoid cases recorded in Hurungwe
- Two cases of typhoid confirmed in Hurungwe district, over 100 others still being tested
- Preliminary investigations indicated that people from six affected villages drew drinking water from the nearby river
Typhoid cases fall
- Cases of typhoid are falling in Harare, with only four patients with suspected typhoid admitted to hospitals
- The city is offering free treatment to people suspected of having typhoid
Zimbabwe: Floods to Worsen Zimbabwe’s Health Woes
- Heavy flooding countrywide in Zimbabwe raise the risk factor of the country’s current typhoid outbreak
Sewerage raises a stink in sector 10A in Gurgaon
- The main sewage line in Gurgaon has broken and is flowing onto the street, flooding neighborhoods and raising the risk of waterborne diseases
Typhoid: CDC to the rescue
- Centre for Diseases Control-Zimbabwe has dispatched a team to help the government fight typhoid
- Staff are tracing patterns of transmissions and helping to identify any antibiotic resistance
