BAGHDAD, Sep 17, 2008 (UPI via COMTEX) -- Iraqi health officials said 107 cases
of cholera have been confirmed in the central and southern regions of the
country.
Cholera is a gastrointestinal disease that is often spread by contaminated
water.
Ihssan Jaafar, a spokesman for the ministry's cholera control unit, said health
officials are offering medical treatment and raising awareness of the outbreak
among the public, the U.N's Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs
said Wednesday. He said patients are being treated with oral dehydration therapy
and intravenous antibiotics.
"We don't have any shortages (of drugs) for these treatments and we can cope
with any outbreak," he told the U.N. Integrated Regional Information Networks.
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