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...camp's water becomes tainted, the disease can spread geometrically, making it one of the great killers of disaster survivors. In the 1994 Rwanda refugee crisis, cholera took some 45,000 lives in less than three weeks. "Water sanitation is and remains priority number one," says Dr. Dana Van Alphen, the WHO's team leader in Banda Aceh. In Aceh, much of which remained partially flooded after the tsunami, teams built raised latrines to prevent waste from contaminating the water used by refugee camps. Medical workers were also quick to spray camps for mosquitoes, which transmit malaria and dengue fever...
...Every public-health victory is precarious; the slightest drop in watchfulness can open the door tomorrow for the epidemic that was stymied today. "We don't have measures for success," says Van Alphen. "We only have measures for failure." But for the thousands of survivors still alive today because of those efforts, even a temporary victory is a kind of miracle. Says Waldman: "The fact that nothing has happened so far to worsen the plight of this population that has been so extraordinarily traumatized is something that people should take real pride in." If vigilance is maintained until villages...
...almost excusable. Wiggin and Cobb put more vim into their work than the rest of the team combined. Wiggin was very effective, striking out twelve men and allowing but four safe hits. Harvard scored one run in the first by a base on balls and a wild throw by Alphen over second. In the next inning Trafford reached first, being hit by a pitched ball, stole second, went to third on an error by first baseman and scored a run by stealing home. In the third Cook made a single, Dickinson was hit by a pitched ball ond Trafford...
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Earned run, Goodyear. Three base hit, Sullivan. Home run, Trafford. Stolen bases, Hovey, Cook (3), Trafford, Cobb, Dickinson (2). First base on balls, Hovey (2), Cook (2), Corbett. First base on errors, Harvard 5, Goodyears 4. Left on bases, Harvard 8, Goodyears 4. Struck out, Kiley, Alphen (2), Baer, Raich (2), Gill (2), Sullivan, Reardon, Tofling, Frothingham. Sacrifice hit, Hallowell. Passed balls, Alphen (2). Wild pitches, Kiley (2), Wiggin. Hit by pitched ball, Trafford. Dickinson. Time, 1b. 35m. Umpires, Mullen and Collins...