Situation Reports: Iraq, UNICEF Humanitarian action update - Iraq, 11 Jun 2008
Acute Watery Diarrhoea (AWD) is a serious public health risk during Iraq’s summer months. Outbreaks of diarrhoea diseases including cholera are likely due to debilitated water supply networks and failing sanitation infrastructure. This year there may be greater than normal outbreaks of diarrhoeal disease, possibly of epidemic proportions, including a second wave of cholera following on from summer 2007. Since the beginning of the year 203,570 AWD cases were reported, although none of the 98,609 stool samples tested positive for cholera.
Situation Reports: Iraq, UNICEF Humanitarian action update - Iraq, 11 Jun 2008
Indexed under: Cholera, Early Warning, Water Borne Disease, الكوليرا