Dapat mag handa ng tent cities with manageable sanitation, since shattered na yung mga lugar dun. Letting the people live in their "homes", or what's left of it is a breeding ground of disease like cholera.



]Disease fears as medics overwhelmed in Philippines after typhoon Haiyan
November 13, 2013
Lindsay Murdoch


Authorities fear outbreaks of diseases in areas devastated by super typhoon Haiyan, with the United Nations calling for more urgency in rescue operations that have been hampered by armed looters desperate for food.

Philippine president Benigno Aquino declared desperately needed help would arrive faster as he ordered troops into villages and towns to protect relief supplies.

But rescuers have been overwhelmed by the devastation wrought by last Friday's typhoon.

The death toll could be far worse than estimated so far as rescuers reach remote areas in the path of the storm that have been cut off from communications, including on Samar Island and the northern tip of Cebu, officials say.


The United Nations warned the toll is quickly rising from the estimate of 10,000 that Philippine authorities announced last weekend. An estimated 9.8 million people have been affected.

''We are certainly expecting the worst. As we get more and more access we find the tragedy of more and more people killed in this typhoon,'' said John Ging, a UN humanitarian official.

As a new tropical depression moved across the devastated region, bringing more *******ial rain, medicines have been depleted or looted from pharmacies.

''It's overwhelming,'' said Air Force captain Antonio Tamayo.

''We need more medicine. We cannot give anti-tetanus vaccine shots because we have none,'' he said.

Bodies remain uncollected and decomposing in many of the affected areas, prompting fears of outbreaks of diseases such as cholera, aid workers said.


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