Hepatitis Outbreak in West Darfur Camps
时间：2005-05-24 16:00:00
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By Lisa Schlein
The World Health Organization says Hepatitis E is sweeping1 camps for
internally displaced people in the western Darfur province of Sudan. The agency says it has confirmed more than 620 cases of Hepatitis E, including 22 dead.
The World Health Organization says this is the first time Sudan, and West Darfur in particular, has been hit with Hepatitis E.
WHO spokeswoman, Fadela Chaib, says there is no cure for this disease. While most people recover on their own, she says the fatality2 rate is high among pregnant women.
"It is worrisome because it could be lethal3 for pregnant women," she said. "It is 20 percent lethal for pregnant women and there is no cure. So, the most important thing to do is prevention, to have a very good system of water and sanitation4 and the proper disposal of sanitary5 waste."
Hepatitis E causes inflammation of the liver. Contaminated water is a major risk factor. The World Health Organization says Darfur's overcrowded camps for internally displaced people are perfect breeding grounds for the disease.
The private aid agency, Doctors Without Borders, says it too is alarmed at the outbreak of Hepatitis E in Darfur's camps. It says it is trying to tackle the problem by providing safe drinking water and by improving sanitary and hygienic conditions in the camps.
Abiy Tamrat is a medical doctor with the Swiss Branch of Doctors Without Borders. He has just returned from a 10-day visit to review the agency's operations in the five camps it runs in west Darfur.
He says people in the camps are facing a severe health crisis, which is likely to get worse now that the rainy season has begun. He says diarrhea remains6 the number one problem. But, with the rains, he says epidemics7 of malaria8 and cholera9 can be expected. He says people are malnourished and this makes them more susceptible10 to disease.
"The main thing right now is to ensure a regular and adequate food access to all the camps," he said. "People really depend on this. They have been displaced from their original area. They have little in terms of reserve. So, it is of paramount11 importance that uninterrupted food supply continues throughout the rainy season."
Dr. Tamrat says Doctors Without Borders is providing special therapeutic12 feeding to severely13 malnourished children who are most at risk. The World Health Organization warns that an estimated 10,000 people a month are likely to die from disease without proper care.
Lisa Schlein, for VOA News, Geneva.
注释：
Hepatitis E 戊型肝炎病
fatality 死亡
lethal 致命的
sanitation 卫生，卫生设施
disposal 处理
inflammation 发炎
contaminated 被污染的
hygienic 卫生的
diarrhea 痢疾
epidemic 流行
malaria 疟疾
cholera 霍乱
malnourished 营养不良的
therapeutic 治病的
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