Kenya: Acute diarrhoea reported in western region

At least 34 cases of acute watery diarrhoea (AWD) have been reported in the Rift Valley town of Nakuru in the western region, a senior health official has said.

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The cases were attributed to the contamination of a spring in the Mbaruk area in the district.

Intervention measures included supplying the residents with clean water, a ban on the hawking of food in the area [...] and health and hygiene education.

Health officials were waiting for laboratory results to confirm whether the AWD was cholera.

Meanwhile, an outbreak of cholera in the western district of Kisumu East [attributed to seepage from latrines, which contaminated wells] has still not been brought under control.

Read more: IRIN, 3 Jul 2008