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Angola: Namibe - Cholera Claims Four Lives in Tombwa
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Angola Press Agency (Luanda)
10 April 2008
Posted to the web 10 April 2008
Namibe
Cholera has killed four people in Tombwa district, 93 kilometres south of the southern Namibe province, from February to April of this year, Angop has learnt from a source within the health sector.
The head of the hospital of Tombwa district, Cecília do Rosario, who gave the information, added that cases have been increasing due to the piles of garbage spread around the city.
According to the official, the period in analysis, Tombwa has recorded 71 cases of cholera,compared to 44 of the two last months.
The populations seldom follow the recommendations of sensitizing campaigns such as boiling water to drink and also washing food before eating them, he emphasised
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