Cholera is making a comeback. A new outbreak in Angola, West Africa, started on Jan. 7, and is likely to get worse as it spreads to more rural regions. Thus far this year, there have been ...

The World Health Organization (WHO) said on Monday that the cholera outbreak in Angola has now affected 17 out of the country's 21 provinces. According to the global health body, more than 14,000 ...

Infectious diseases specialist Diyani Dewasurendra was on assignment in Malakal, South Sudan, when a cholera outbreak began. She goes through what happened during the first 72 hours and explains ...

He said the country recorded cholera outbreak during the dry season with 21 confirmed deaths in Central Region alone, signaling a heightened risk with the onset of rains. He gave the caution in an ...

The organisation's children's fund UNICEF said 40,000 cholera cases were reported from the end of September to March 18, "including 694 deaths country-wide, its worst outbreak in 20 years".

The meeting marked the beginning of a renewed and reinforced partnership between the Government of Angola and WHO, with a central focus on intensifying the national response to the ongoing cholera ...

JUBA, (April 9, 2025) – At least five children with cholera in South Sudan have died on an arduous journey to seek medical treatment, after aid cuts forced their local health services to close in the ...

Nairobi County’s Chief Public Health Officer, Muchira Nyakaba, has called on hospitals to activate rapid response teams and implement cholera control measures following the recent outbreak ...

Growing case numbers suggest that the national total will surpass that seen during the last large outbreak in 2019. By Teddy Rosenbluth and Apoorva Mandavilli The spread of measles in the ...

Salvador cited cholera outbreaks and gender-based violence alongside a deteriorating security situation, particularly in the capital, Port-au-Prince, with authorities struggling to cope.