Word: diarrheas
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...need food and medicines for stomach problems, headaches, diarrhea," says a young monk standing amid the ruins of his monastery in nearby Kwagyi village, where 42 people perished. Kwagyi has received no aid. Not a single government official has come, he says; they only visit the towns, not remote communities far from any road...
Some Kwagyi children have begun to develop fevers. There has been a spike in cases of stomach ailments and diarrhea, when before the cyclone there had been none to speak of. These are the ominous first signs that disease is stalking the villagers, whose poor diet makes them weak and vulnerable. They have no medicines until we give them what we are carrying: a few paracetamol and some water purification tablets. The villagers smiled and waved in gratitude when we left. It is the only aid they have received...
Teams will work to prevent mosquito-borne diseases such as malaria, as well as diarrhea and other outbreaks that can spread quickly in the wake of natural disasters because of a lack of clean water and sanitation...
...India's old socialist system may have had its problems, says Imrana Qadeer, one of India's foremost public-health experts, but the belief that private enterprise can cure all of India's woes is dangerously misguided. "The private sector doesn't want to do basic things like treating diarrhea, improving nutrition, immunizing babies because that's not where the money is," says Qadeer. "In India we cannot live without a strong public sector...
This aqueduct, their only source of water, becomes polluted somewhere between the source spring and their water supply. The contaminated water has caused outbreaks of diarrhea, worms, and other waterborne illnesses among the villagers, according to Harvard College Engineers Without Borders President Jacqueline E. Stenson ‘08. Concerned about this public health problem at a time when the UN has officially declared 2008 as the “International Year of Sanitation,” Stenson, along with dozens of other Harvard undergraduates, has traveled to villages like Suriel in developing regions around the world to educate villagers...