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Nigeria witnessed the destruction of over one hundred billion naira worth of fake, banned, counterfeit drugs and unwholesome ...
Thiruvananthapuram Corporation's health wing intensifies disease surveillance and sanitisation operations after cholera death ...
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 ...
Since the onset of the outbreak in January 2025, more than 14,000 cholera cases and 505 associated deaths have been reported, with 50% of the cases involving individuals under the age of 20.
In Kenya, cholera outbreaks have become alarmingly recurrent, exacerbated by environmental vulnerabilities and infrastructural gaps. Since October 2024, cases of cholera and acute diarrheal ...
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 ...
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 ...