Tag: cholera

Health officials report that false claims regarding the spread of a cholera outbreak in northern Mozambique have resulted in violent protests and fatalities. The...

Health officials have reported that a cholera outbreak in Gauteng, South Africa's most populous province, has claimed at least 10 lives. At least 95 people have since last Monday visited hospitals showing cholera symptoms in Hammanskraal, an area north of the capital, Pretoria. Lab tests on...

Nigeria has been battling cholera for so many years. It is highly contagious and occurs in places without safe water and proper sanitation. It...

Thirty-seven individuals have died from cholera in the last six months, according to Ethiopia's Public Health Institute (EPHI), mostly in areas most severely affected...

As the nation takes up control efforts against an epidemic that has so far resulted in 5260 illnesses and 37 fatalities since September 2022,...

Malawi's deadliest cholera outbreak has killed at least 1,210 people, the World Health Organization announced Thursday (Feb. 09), urging for strong interventions to prevent...

The president of Malawi has called for more studies into the link between cholera and climate change after the country was hit by record...

On Monday, the UN Security Council will vote to extend permission for the delivery of aid from Turkey. Humanitarian workers in the final pocket of...

While cholera is an annual issue in Malawi from November to March, this outbreak is anticipated to be the worst yet. The health minister announced...

Goma, the capital of the Democratic Republic of the Congo's North Kivu province, has been declared to be experiencing a cholera outbreak. The majority of...