CERF allocates $ 1.5 million for to address a cholera outbreak in Angola
18 April 2008: Heavy rains and flooding is exacerbating a cholera outbreak in Angola. Cunene, Kuando Kubango, and Benguela provinces have been most affected and have fatality rates as high as 26 percent in people with Cholera.
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Heavy rains and flooding have worsened a Cholera outbreak in Angola
[Photo: UNICEF]
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Through CERF funding the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) and the World Health Organization (WHO) is distributing home level water and hygiene kits to 2,500 families including water purification tablets, jerry cans, water dispensers, and soap. Other activities include supporting the distribution of water treatment solution to 60,000 households to make water safe for consumption.
UNICEF is acquiring supplies to treat 2,500 patients in urgent need of re-hydration; home water kits, hypochlorite calcium and 10,000-litre water bladders are being provided to the most vulnerable communities. It is also providing information and educational materials including leaflets, school comics, and posters on how to avoid, detect and treat Cholera, and how to use purifying solution.
WHO is obtaining Diarrhoeal Disease and Emergency Health Kits for rapid deployment in Cholera-affected areas. Furthermore, WHO is supporting the Ministry of Health in training health professionals to better respond to the Cholera emergency at Cholera Treatment Centres and Cholera Treatment Units.
The International Organisation for Migration (IOM) is assisting those displaced by flooding through the provision of non-food items and shelter in Kuando Kubango province. It is distributing blankets, clothes for children and adults, cleaning, hygiene, cooking and serving items to 12,000 people and shelter items to 8,000 people.
[Last Update: 29 April 2008]
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