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Obama brother may have cholera
Malik Obama, stepbrother to U.S. President Barrack Obama. he is receiving treatment at the Siaya District Hospital after suffering from diarrhoea. Photo/FILE
Posted Wednesday, March 25 2009 at 21:55
The diseases surveillance officer said most of the cases reported had a history of movement from cholera prone areas of Kisumu West and Kisumu East districts.
He said that officers have been deployed to the areas to handle the cases and ensure that the disease did not spread.
Mr Sande said that they were offering first-line treatment, but added that more supplies of the drugs were required to handle the increasing number of patients.
On Wednesday afternoon, public health officials drove around the dusty Siaya Town streets with loud speakers mounted on a vehicle, warning the residents that cholera had struck the area.
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Submitted by dovempolePosted March 28, 2009 01:24 AM
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Submitted by omicahnoirere
shame shame bwana.If you have no news to write about, just chill dude.
Posted March 27, 2009 07:12 PM -
Submitted by zdwm14
I actually registered so that I can comment on on this news. Shame Shame on whoever reported this!!.Dont we have better news to report? why was this important? take this idiot who reported this back to school.
Posted March 27, 2009 07:06 PM -
Submitted by kachubari
Mr (sic) Sj502, on this platform, I back u 100 per cent. The Kenyan media has no decorum, professionalism and ethics and eschewed to paint an negative picture about their soil, as to whose benefit,i wonder bitterly.
Posted March 27, 2009 01:03 PM -
Submitted by nani_ngombe
Wanjiku98: Like most bloggers here, you also missed the bigger picture! Shame! My visit in Siaya was part of a very basic private investigation on 'misdiagnosis of typhoid as malaria in Kenyan towns'. Siaya was unique because it is a high Malaria Zone too. I won't tell you the results but Nairobi was equally nasty! Salmonella is hanging out everywhere. In fact there are all sorts of 'quack' clinics inside town whose lifeline is testing for Malaria and typhoid. These are preventable diseases...well if your tap runs for seven days!
Posted March 27, 2009 12:46 PM
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Bravo, this is great news! And I think that days of hiding our shame are over. This is the reason as to why we are losing the fight against hunger, HIV/AIDS, and other diseases. Image or no image, it is a fact that people are really suffering and it is only by bringing this shame out that we compel the government and other actors to act! Nation feel free to bring out the plight of the people!