Fear of disease outbreak after heavy rains at the coast

 Thursday, May 9, 2013 - 00:00 -- CHARLES MGHENYI
THERE is an eminent fear of an outbreak of waterborne diseases at the Coast following the floods experienced in the past three days.
Unconfirmed reports indicate that a family of four – a mother and three children – in Moroto slums might be sufferings from cholera due to the rains and poor drainage in the slum.
Speaking to the Star yesterday, Mombasa district disease surveillance coordinator Hussein Bilali said plans are underway to ensure that disease outbreaks are curbed.
Bilali said they have teams in affected areas teaching the community on health education and monitoring the cases of diarrhea.
“Our teams are spraying the stagnant water which might be the breeding grounds for mosquito and sewage with waterborne diseases,” he said.
He said they have received some few cases of diarrhea and the teams are monitoring them.
Meanwhile, the Coast provincial director of public health and sanitation Anisa Omar said they are still surveying the Tana Delta to come up with solution for disease outbreaks.
She said the government has initiated a mechanism that will ensure no residents suffer form waterborne diseases.
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