A short report on the acute diarrhoea outbreak that affected the Ambunti District of East Sepik Province in 2010.
In December 2010 there was a diarrhoea outbreak in Ambunti District, East Sepik Province that was presumed to be cholera. This short report describes the outbreak and outlines the preventive strategies that were implemented to contain the outbreak. Lessons learnt are also discussed.
Division of Pathology, School of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Papua New Guinea, Port Moresby. itaki7@gmail.com
Rodney
R
Itaki
D000208:Acute Disease; D000328:Adult; D002771:Cholera / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000517:prevention & control*; D003967:Diarrhea / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000517:prevention & control*; D004196:Disease Outbreaks / Q000517:prevention & control*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010219:Papua New Guinea / Q000453:epidemiology; D012307:Risk Factors