Zimbabwe: Harare Typhoid Victim's Sad Tale
[Zimbabwe Standard] Ephania Chirau, a 33-year-old single mother will not forget the day she was diagnosed with typhoid, a water-borne disease stalking some of Harare's poorest neigbourhoods. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - January 23, 2017 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Zimbabwe: Harare in Deep Water Over Typhoid Outbreak
[Daily Maverick] A typhoid outbreak in the Zimbabwean capital has so far claimed two lives, with authorities taking steps to prevent further deaths. But as long-suffering Harare residents well know, chronic failures in providing water and sanitation have turned some areas of the city into a toxic breeding ground for disease. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - January 23, 2017 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Zimbabwe: 'Prisons On Typhoid Alert'
[The Herald] Prisons across the country are on high alert for a possible typhoid outbreak following the spread of the disease nationwide, an official has said. There have been false reports that the disease had spread to Chikurubi Maximum Security Prison and Harare Central Prison claiming the lives of two inmates leaving several others hospitalised. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - January 20, 2017 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Zimbabwe: Typhoid Claims Another Victim
[News24Wire] The typhoid outbreak that hit Zimbabwe in recent months has killed a 13-year-old girl, as fears escalated that the disease might spread to other parts of the country, a report said on Wednesday. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - January 19, 2017 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Zimbabwe: Typhoid Cases Fall
[The Herald] TYPHOID cases are falling in Harare although more needs to be done to address the sanitation situation in the city and surrounding areas, Health and Child Care Minister Dr David Parirenyatwa has said. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - January 17, 2017 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Zimbabwe: Typhoid Outbreak Spreads
[The Herald] The typhoid outbreak has spread to Budiriro and Glen View suburbs amid reports that the MDC-T led Harare City Council bungled on its 48-hour ultimatum of removing illegal food vendors from the streets. The ultimatum expired on Thursday. Two cases had been confirmed in each of the two suburbs as of yesterday.Health Services director Dr Prosper Chonzi said as from Tuesday, confirmed cases of typhoid had gone up from 22 to 25. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - January 14, 2017 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Zimbabwe: No End in Sight to Deadly Typhoid
[CAJ News] Harare -A raging typhoid outbreak is stretching Zimbabwe's collapsing health sector to the limit and left the country on the verge of its worst disease catastrophe in a decade. Spreading with no end in sight, it has evoked memories of a cholera outbreak that claimed 4 000 lives for months in 2008. The capital Harare continues reeling under conditions suitable for the spread of typhoid, which like cholera is waterborne. With two deaths reported from 132 cases this week, the situation remains dire. Burst sewerages, (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - January 13, 2017 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Zimbabwe: Food Vendors Get 48-Hour Ultimatum
[News24Wire] The Harare city council has issued a 48-hour ultimatum to food vendors operating in the city centre to 'cease operation' due to a typhoid outbreak, reports said on Wednesday. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - January 12, 2017 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Zimbabwe: Mugabe's Minister Blames Opposition For Typhoid Outbreak
[News24Wire] Zimbabwe's Movement for Democratic Change led by Morgan Tsvangirai has slammed Local Government Minister Saviour Kasukuwere over his claims that the opposition party was responsible for the typhoid outbreak in Harare. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - January 12, 2017 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Zimbabwe: Vendors Laugh Off Ban, Blame Typhoid On Govt
[New Zimbabwe] THOUSANDS of vendors operating in central Harare have defied a government "ban" on the selling of vegetables and fruits in an effort to stop the spread of typhoid, saying the state must first give them jobs. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - January 9, 2017 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Zimbabwe: Govt Raises Cholera Fears, Appeals for Aid
[News24Wire] Zimbabwe's government has appealed for financial support to fight typhoid amid fears of a cholera outbreak across the southern African country, a report says. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - January 9, 2017 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Severe Thrombocytopenia in a Child With Typhoid Fever Severe Thrombocytopenia in a Child With Typhoid Fever
How should thrombocytopenia in typhoid fever be managed? The successful outcome of this occurrence in a young traveler provides some guidance.Journal of Medical Case Reports (Source: Medscape Today Headlines)
Source: Medscape Today Headlines - January 6, 2017 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Pediatrics Journal Article Source Type: news
Zimbabwe: Typhoid Outbreak - Residents Drinking 'Dirty, Untreated Water'
[News24Wire] Some ratepayers and consumers have blamed the typhoid outbreak in Harare on the dirty water that they were allegedly drinking, as authorities moved to set up a ministerial committee to combat the water borne disease. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - January 6, 2017 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Zimbabwe: Inter-Ministerial Body On Typhoid Formed
[The Herald] GOVERNMENT has formed an Inter-ministerial Committee to address typhoid and the spread of diarrhoeal diseases in Harare. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - January 5, 2017 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Zimbabwe: Govt Bans Fruits, Vegetable Vending Amid Typhoid Fears
[New Zimbabwe] THOUSANDS of vendors and their families are likely to go hungry following the decision by government to ban the vending of fruits, vegetables and meat in an effort to fight the spread of typhoid which has hit the country. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - January 5, 2017 Category: African Health Source Type: news
