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Kenya: Stepping Up the Fight to End Cholera and Chikungunya Outbreaks in Mandera County

2016-06-05 09:12:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Inter Press Service: Mandera's double whammy, the concurrent outbreaks of cholera and chikungunya, is bringing to the fore the need for accelerated epidemic preparedness and prevention systems. Cholera is an acute diarrhoeal disease that can kill within hours if left untreated. Chikungunya virus is most often spread to people by Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus mosquitoes. These are the same mosquitoes that transmit dengue, yellow fever and zika virus. Its symptoms include high fever, joint pain, rash and headache....

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