Africa: Africa's Typhoid Risk

[Addis Fortune] Typhoid fever all but disappeared from Western countries in the 20th century through massive improvements in water and sanitation. It happened after causing untold misery and death in its newly industrialising but unsanitary cities. Tragically, much of the rest of the world is still grappling with typhoid. The World Health Organisation (WHO) estimates as many as 21 million cases of typhoid annually; the disease is responsible for 220,000 avoidable deaths every year. And without urgent action, the fear is t

Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - April 19, 2016 Category: African Health Source Type: news