Residents of Mozambique’s cyclone-hit Beira are now facing a new set of challenges of a possible Cholera outbreak.
The International Federation of the Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies said cases of Cholera had been reported by medical staff.is a waterborne bacterial disease that is caused by ingesting contaminated water or food. It causes diarrhoea and dehydration.
Villages outside Beira in Mozambique have been destructed by the cyclone Idai. People are receiving aid from various humanitarian aid agencies. Twenty-three-year-old Marcos Tique worries about possibly falling prey to one of these diseases. A week after Cyclone Idai hit his small village of Chota, he is forced to navigate through dirt water daily. Tique recently developed a rash on his feet.
Some of the local clinics in villages, heavily affected by the cyclone, such as Estaguinha, Buzi, Chibabava and Goodana, are running low on medical supplies. Ahmed Bham, team co-ordinator of Gift of the Givers, told News24 that one of their priorities was ensuring that remote villages have an adequate supply of chronic medication.
Villages outside Beira in Mozambique have been destructed by the cyclone Idai. People are receiving aid from various humanitarian aid agencies. "Some of the clinics have run out of
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