9 DECEMBER 1997. KENYA: DISEASE & CLIMATE (CHOLERA)

An outbreak of cholera in a Nairobi slum of half a million has left 14 dead. The situation may be aggravated by a nurses' strike which interferes with treatment at local hospitals.--extracted from a report PANA <http://www.africanews.org/science> sent by Luiz Jacintho da Silva <luisjs@correionet.com.br> to promed@usa.healthnet.org.

Back to The 1997 El Niño/Southern Oscillation (ENSO 97-98)