Re: Diarrhoea patients on rise in quake hit Khokana | Health | National

Jim,

I agree. The question is whether we can alter the trajectory of disease with better assessment, surveillance, and rapid response. What we engaged in Haiti worked, but it was never scaled appropriately.

We can do better in Nepal. The monsoon season is only a couple months away. Efforts we need to be scaled immediately.

Mike

Dr. Michael D. McDonald

Coordinator
Global Health Response and Resilience Alliance

Chairman
Global Resilience Systems, Inc.

President
Health Initiatives Foundation, Inc.

Michael.D.McDonald@mac.com
202-468-7899

> On May 13, 2015, at 12:30 PM, Jim Wilson <iceaxe5@gmail.com> wrote:
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> As expected....
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>> On Wed, May 13, 2015 at 9:05 AM, michael mcdonald <michael.d.mcdonald@me.com> wrote:
>> GRS
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>> Nepal water-borne illness water
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>>> http://www.ekantipur.com/2015/04/28/sports/diarrhoea-patients-on-rise-in-quake-hit-khokana/404576.html
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>>> Diarrhoea patients on rise in quake hit Khokana
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>>> LALITPUR, APR 28 - With the lack of safe drinking water after the April 25 earthquake , people in Khokana village, the southern outskirt of the Kathmandu Valley, has begun suffering from diarrhoea.
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>>> Although the villagers initially got treatment at local health posts, the number of the sufferers increased. So, they were referred to better hospital and the health camps run by the Nepal Army, said a local social worker, Nepal Dangol.
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>>> Similarly, Shivaram Baniya from Adarshashaul Higher Secondary School said more than 100 diarrhoea patients have been provided treatment at health camps run by a joint team of Nepal Army and the Bangladesh Army. RSS
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>>> Posted on: 2015-04-28 11:41
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