Cholera
Health and Population Minister Jean-Rosaire Ibara has announced that the Republic of the Congo has officially declared a cholera outbreak in the Mbamou Island health district of Brazzaville Department following laboratory confirmation of two cases. The outbreak is attributed to a regional resurgence of cholera, particularly in neighboring Angola and
Refugees
Relief workers, led by the United Nations, have been urging Rwandan refugees to return to their homeland from overcrowded camps in Zaire, where thousands are dying daily due to cholera and other diseases. The situation has become increasingly dire, with an estimated 18,000 deaths reported to date, and the
Refugees
Rwandan refugees in Goma, Zaire, are facing an unprecedented humanitarian crisis as a cholera epidemic has killed over 7,000 people and threatens to claim up to 50% of the estimated 80,000 people in danger of contracting the disease within a week. Aid officials warn that only a military-style
Cholera toxin
As the volatile situation in the eastern Zaire region of Goma continues to deteriorate, a massive cholera epidemic looms over the refugees, with an estimated 50,000 cases predicted by Doctors Without Borders. The group has set up emergency tents to treat the stricken, with a mortality rate of up
Cholera toxin
As the Rwandan city of Gisenyi fell to the Tutsi-dominated Rwanda Patriotic Front (RPF) at the weekend, a trickle of the 1 million refugees who fled through Gisenyi into Zaire have begun to return. Muhawemimana Ancile, a 22-year-old woman, was one of the 200 who returned yesterday, driven by the
