Marshalls cholera expected to spread<\/p>\n
MAJURO, Marshall Islands – Health officials fear a cholera outbreak on Ebeye may spread to other islands.<\/p>\n
So far, five people have died and more than 200 have been hospitalized on the Kwajalein Atoll island.<\/p>\n
Health secretary Donald Capelle said, “We’ll have to mobilize and go by plane and make sure that medical supplies, like antibiotics, are available on the outer islands.”<\/p>\n
Travel from Ebeye to other areas in the Marshalls has been restricted.<\/p>\n
One in 5 Fiji kids underfed: Unicef<\/p>\n
SUVA, Fiji Islands – Twenty percent of Fiji’s children are undernourished, and four out of 10 live in extreme poverty, according to the UNICEF State of the World’s Children Report 2001.<\/p>\n
UNICEF identifies poverty as the primary reason why children not only are malnourished but also are abused and exploited and miss school.<\/p>\n
The report also states that 12 percent of Fiji children born between 1995 and last year had below average birth weights.<\/p>\n
Old bomb kills 1, injures 3<\/p>\n
PORT MORESBY, Papua New Guinea – A bomb from World War II exploded in the Trobriand Islands Monday, killing a man and injuring three children.<\/p>\n
Two girls, 11 and 15, and a seven-month-old baby boy were seriously injured.<\/p>\n
They were flown to Port Moresby General Hospital for medical care.<\/p>\n
According to islanders, the family found the bomb in a garden and were using it as a cooking stand when it exploded.<\/p>\n
Fiji downplays New Zealand health warning<\/p>\n
SUVA, Fiji Islands – The Fiji Visitors Bureau says an alert issued by New Zealand regarding an outbreak of leptospirosis is out of date.<\/p>\n
The bureau said the disease, restricted to a remote area, is under control and should not be a matter of concern for New Zealanders or any others who intend to visit the country.<\/p>\n
Leptospirosis causes high fever. The disease is spread by rats and other mammals. (Pacific Islands Report)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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