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Cholera spreads in Sudan

For the second consecutive year Sudan is in the grip of a cholera outbreak that has left at least 28 people dead in the...

Cholera vaccine stocks ’empty’ as cases surge

The emergency global stockpile of cholera vaccines is empty with all available doses for this month already allocated to countries battling major outbreaks,...

Mother and son survive deadly cholera outbreak

Sandra Nyendwa used to drink unfiltered water in Zambia's capital Lusaka without concern, until she and her seven-year-old son got cholera in an outbreak...

WHO warns Haiti cholera toll could rise

GENEVA: Haiti's cholera outbreak death toll is likely "much higher" than reported and expected to rise, the World Health Organization said Tuesday, warning the...

Cholera outbreaks surging worldwide: WHO

Cholera cases have surged this year, especially in places of poverty and conflict, with outbreaks reported in 26 countries and fatality rates rising sharply,...

In China’s Wuhan, cholera-causing bacteria strikes nerve

Detection in the Chinese city of Wuhan of a bacteria that caused cholera in a student and was separately found in samples from softshell...

Cholera outbreak leaves eight dead in Sudan

Cholera, a bacterial disease usually contracted from contaminated water supplies, can be fatal if not treated early.

Century-old bacteria from sick soldier offer clues to cholera epidemics

Scientists have mapped the genome of a strain of cholera extracted a century ago from a sick British soldier during World War One

Cholera vaccination campaign begins in Mozambique

Following Cyclone Idai devastation, nearly 900 000 people will receive the vaccine from the Gavi-funded stockpile.

Post-cyclone, cholera the latest peril for Mozambique

The International Organisation for Migration has said that Cyclone Idai and its aftermath "could rank as the worst disaster to hit the region in decades".

In Yemen, World’s worst cholera outbreak traced to eastern Africa

LONDON: Scientists have found that a strain of cholera causing an epidemic in Yemen – the worst in recorded history – came from eastern...

Passengers hospitalised after suspected cholera case on Algeria-France flight

TOULOUSE: French authorities evacuated 141 passengers and crew from a flight arriving in the French city of Perpignan from Algeria on Wednesday after a...

Mass cholera vaccinations begin in Rohingya camps

THANKALI, BANGLADESH: The United Nations launched one of its biggest ever cholera vaccination drives in the vast refugee camps of southeast Bangladesh Tuesday amid...

Yemen cholera toll nears 1,000 as ‘humanity loses out to politics’

AMMAN, JORDAN: The death toll from a cholera outbreak is approaching 1,000 in Yemen, a war-devastated and impoverished country where "humanity is losing out...

Zimbabwe bans street food over typhoid, cholera fears

HARARE: Zimbabwe has banned street food vendors in the capital Harare after a typhoid outbreak blamed on poor sanitation and erratic water supplies. Portia Managazira,...

After Hurricane Matthew, Haiti confronts cholera outbreak

HAITI: Nearly a week after being devastated by a hurricane, Haiti is confronted with a growing cholera outbreak threatening to turn its disaster even...

Millions at risk from rising water pollution: UN

PARIS: Increasingly polluted rivers in Africa, Asia and Latin America pose a disease risk to more than 300 million people and threaten fisheries and farming in many countries, a UN report warned Tuesday.

Tanzanian officials jailed for lateness

DAR ES SALAAM: Six government officials in Tanzania were jailed this week after turning up late for a meeting, reports said Friday, amid a government campaign to tighten standards and tackle corruption.
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