Mexico: Drought-Related Diseases Increase, Experts Say Prensa Latina
go to original June 4, 2012

A tractor stirs up a dust cloud on a field soon to be planted. In Guanajuato, the state government has provided support for small producers with an aid package worth 1.7 billion pesos, or nearly $135 million, according to the government. (Melanie Stetson Freeman/CSMonitor.com)

Some Mexican states currently affected by the drought issued alerts and recommendations after diseases related to consumption of contaminated water, lack of food hygiene and high temperatures increased.

The Secretariat of Health in Sinaloa reported on Saturday a cholera case in the zone of Jesus Maria, a situation that forced health authorities to analyze the quality of water in wells and affluents coming from the Humaya River.

Sinaloa activated the yellow alert since 50,450 cases of diarrhea have been registered this year. The municipalities of Ahome, Culiacán, Guasave, Mazatlán and Navolato reported 77 percent of the cases.

In Durango, where it has not rained heavily for two years, diseases linked to the aforementioned causes are also increasing.

The head of the Medical Services in Durango, Emilio Arreola, warned that the semideserted area of Tlahualilo, Santa Clara, Mapimí and San Pedro del Gallo is where most of the cases have been reported.

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