If not prevented by World Health Organizations, water related Diseases and Cholera may spread soon other regions in Gedo...
 

Phoenix, Az (AOL) - A number of people, mostly infants, children & old could die from water-related diseases in Gedo region of Somalia if changes are not made soon by Humanitarian agencies such as: UNICEF, WHO, and GHC.  According to the reports that posted on Gedoregion blog, Allgedo and Gedonet websites, there are clear symptoms of waterborne or cholera outbreaks in the Districts of El-Ade, Beled-hawo, and Luq.

Currently, a fact finding Health team, lead by Dr. Morris Makuwaya visited the Gedo Governor's office and the great wells of Dirhara, where most of the fatalities of water related diseases sought.  Dr. Morris said "We can not at this time tell whether this is cholera or not. What we know is that it has the symptoms of cholera. We are therefore going to get some sample from the patients, fly it to Nairobi and confirm the case." 

"To find out the nature of this epidemic disease, we will expect to get the results of samples taken from those area within two days", said Dr. Morris.

Warring about the lives of many other people, the Governor of Gedo - Mr. Aden Ibrahin Aw-Hirsi (Irro) said "All of these diseases are associated with our failure to provide clean water and medications while people are dying in numbers every day and there are others who are suffering  for that unknown diseases as well."

"No one  provided those people medical relief to scores of people affected by water-borne diseases or cholera outbreaks. I think it's terribly bleak, especially when we did not know what needs to be done to prevent these deaths. We're doing some of it by the help of GHC (Gedo Health Consortium) and  W.H.O. (World Health Organization), but the efforts that are being made are not aggressive enough", said Governor Aw-Hirsi.

Even though the reality of the killer diseases not yet known, Doctors said "the symptoms look like a cholera outbreak".   So far, waterborne or cholera diseases killed 8 people in El-Adde, 4 in Luq, 3 in Beled Hawo and 5 in Bardhere.  Most outbreaks of waterborne disease are caused by the contamination of drinking water systems with no living in good sanitized facilities.

In addition to that, now it's clear the people of Gedo nowadays caught in between droughts and epidemic diseases, while no one pays attention about that mother nature human sufferings. 

My condolences goes to all of those who lost their loved ones in this hard situation that the people of Gedo are living with, while condemning in a strongest possible terms the ineffectiveness of the so called Transitional National Government (TNG),  International Humanitarian Agencies and local NGO's that works in Gedo, members of the Gedo Parliamentarians (backbenchers), Gedo regional politicians, business people, intellectuals, and traditional tribal leaders from that region are not doing enough. 

Finally, before this diseases will kill many other people and spread into other areas, I'm urging all International Humanitarian Agencies, specially UNICEF, WHO and GHC to go to the most stricken regions of Gedo and try to save the lives of those people.

Please remember that Prevention is better than cure (WHO.)

 

Aden A. Ali (Colujog), President of EADO
(East African Development Organization)
adencolujoog@yahoo.com
 

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