Tag: cholera
SAMHS assists in Tshwane cholera outbreak
As local and national authorities attempt to establish where and how cholera broke out, killing more than 20 people north of Pretoria, the SA...
Rise in casualties – and cholera – expected in Libya
A month-old battle for Libya’s capital Tripoli risks causing an “exponential” rise in civilian casualties as well as outbreaks of diseases including cholera, the...
Cholera outbreak in northern Mozambique
Officials declared a cholera outbreak in northern Mozambique a week after cyclone winds, floods and heavy rains hit the area.
Cyclone Kenneth crashed into Cabo...
Beira returning to life post-Idai
Almost a month after Cyclone Idai slammed into the south-east African coast, the streets of Mozambique’s busy port Beira are “returning to life” as...
Mozambique cholera vaccination campaign
Mozambique will start a cholera vaccination campaign next week in areas ravaged by Cyclone Idai, the World Health Organisation (WHO) said, after five confirmed...
Cholera breaks out in Nigeria
A cholera outbreak killed 12 people and may have infected at least 134 others in the Nigerian state Adamawa, a medical official...
Malawi cholera cases pass 500
Cholera cases in Malawi have tripled and four more people died, the Ministry of Health said, a month after the spread of...
Zambian army part of cholera controls
Zambian troops entered a slum in Lusaka to restore order after residents rioted over a curfew and ban on street vending imposed...
Cholera hits north-east Nigeria
Cholera is fast spreading through camps housing people displaced by Boko Haram militants in north-east Nigeria's Borno state, the United Nations said.
Most...
Cholera in north-east Nigeria
Cholera has broken out in north-east Nigeria at a camp for people displaced by the eight year conflict with Boko Haram, aid...
Cholera spreads in famine-threatened Somalia
Deadly cholera is spreading through drought-ravaged Somalia as clean water sources dry up, a top aid official said, deepening a humanitarian crisis...
Cholera breaks out in Kenya’s Dadaab refugee camp: UN
Cholera has broken out in the world's largest refugee camp in Kenya, home to nearly 500,000 Somali refugees, said the United Nations.
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Cholera epidemic spreads in west, central Africa-UN
A cholera epidemic sweeping through west and Central Africa, one of the biggest in the vast region's history, has infected more than...
UN launches 2010 appeal for aid to Zimbabwe
The United Nations has launched its 2010 Consolidated Appeal Process for humanitarian assistance to Zimbabwe.
Speaking at the launch, UN Assistant Secretary...