Sarò in Angola al Sud via Namibia inizio Luglio. Qualcuno riesce a farmi avere notizie affidabili sull'epidemia di colera in corso. L'itinerario è lungo il fiume Kunene, baia dos Tigres, e a Nord a Lubango. Porteremo vettovaglie dalla Namibia e metteremo in atto le solite norme di barriera nonchè il vaccino Dukoral. Il sito di Medecins sans Frontieres parla comunque di epidemia che stà dilagando con molte vittime e le informazioni della Farnesina sono molto catastrofiche come sempre in questi casi per dissuadere le partenze. SilDOC

WHO - Cholera in Angola - update 3

6 June 2006

As of 31 May 2006, Angola has reported a total of 41 475 cases and 1576 deaths (overall case fatality rate (CFR) 3.8%).

Thirteen out of 18 provinces are affected; of all cases, 51% have occurred in Luanda and 19% in Benguela province. The CFR, broken down by province, ranges between 1 and 30%. Although current trends show a decline in most provinces, a daily incidence of around 250-300 cases is still being reported. (see epicurve below for weekly incidence)

According to the cumulative attack rate (number of cases/per inhabitants x 100), the most affected provinces are Kwanza Norte (0.94%), Bengo (0.92%), Malange (0.78%), Luanda (0.44%) and Benguela (0.27%).
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Notizie recenti da una persona che ci lavora, appena rientrata per il riposo periodico, parla di 100/150 morti al giorno a Luanda. La situazione sembra in miglioramento, per così dire, dopo intervento di organizzazioni mondiali.

Cholera in Angola - update 4

9 June 2006

As of 6 June 2006, Angola has reported a total of 43 076 cases and 1642 deaths (overall case-fatality rate (CFR) 3.8%). In the last 24 hours, 280 new cases including 8 deaths have been reported. Fourteen out of 18 provinces are affected; of all cases, 51% have occurred in Luanda and 18% in Benguela province. The CFR, broken down by province, ranges between 1 and 30%. Although current trends show a decline in most provinces, a daily incidence of around 200-280 cases is still being reported. (see epicurve below for weekly incidence)

The trend to decline continues to be observed in the provinces of Kwanza Norte, Bengo, Malange, and Luanda. The provinces with higher number of daily cases are Luanda (48%), Namibe (17.6%), Kwanza Sul (4.9%), Huila (4.9%) and Uige (4.4%).