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Floods create health risks: what to look out for and how to avoid them

Floods create health risks: what to look out for and how to avoid them
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Mpumalanga , Kwazulu-natal , South-africa , Kwazulu , Eastern-cape , Zimbabwe , Mozambique , Nile , Nampula , Natal , World-health-organization

Publisher's Platform: It has nearly been six years since over 1,000 people were sickened and over 200 died from Listeria-tainted Polony in South Africa

A new journal article on the polony tragedy was just published: “Cost estimation of listeriosis (Listeria monocytogenes) occurrence in South Africa in

South-africa , Pretoria , Gauteng , Johannesburg , Germiston , South-africans , South-african , Lawrence-mac-dougall , Mac-dougall , Lucia-anelich , Polokwane-thomas , Public-health-emergency-committee

Food Safety Day: SA grapples with cholera, poor service delivery

Food safety: Studies show investigations of outbreaks are poor and so are preventative measures by the food industry, government, and citizens.

South-africa , Pretoria , Gauteng , South-african , Agriculture-organization , University-of-pretoria , Greenpeace , Codex-alimentarius-commission , Faculty-of-health-science , Agriculture-organization-of-the-united-nations , Department-of-agriculture

Cholera: residents urged to visit clinics immediately if they suspect a stomach bug

KwaZulu-Natal Health MEC Nomagugu Simelane said they do not want cholera to hit the province and be found that the department is not ready.

Malawi , Pretoria , Gauteng , South-africa , Kwazulu , Eastern-cape , Mpumalanga , Kwazulu-natal , Hammanskraal , North-west , Durban , Free-state

eThekwini urges communities to practise hygiene as cholera cases rise elsewhere

Recent reports show that more than 20 people have died of cholera.

Malawi , Durban , Kwazulu-natal , South-africa , Free-state , Gauteng , Lindiwe-khuzwayo , Juno-thomas , Centre-for-enteric-diseases , National-institute-for-communicable-diseases , Thekwini-municipality , Enteric-diseases