Browsing: cholera

Blantyre, Malawi —  Health rights campaigners in Malawi are welcoming a national campaign against a record cholera outbreak, which has…

Johannesburg —  South Africa has recorded two confirmed imported cases of cholera, the health department said Sunday, as it called…

geneva —  The World Health Organization says climate change is behind an unprecedented surge in the number of cholera outbreaks…

Kinshasa —  Aid workers in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo warned Thursday of a possible “health disaster” because of…

Aid groups say measles and cholera outbreaks at Kenya’s congested Dadaab refugee camp have killed at least five people and…

A few weeks ago, Lebanon detected its first cases of cholera in 30 years. The highly contagious disease has since…

A month ago, the first cholera bacteria were discovered in northern Lebanon. According to the Lebanese Ministry of Health, there…

In early October, Lebanon’s Ministry of Health reported the first cholera cases since 1993. While the disease initially spread mainly…

Geneva —  The charity Doctors Without Borders said Thursday that Kenya’s Dadaab Refugee Complex faces a high risk of measles…

new york —  The United Nations appealed Tuesday for more money and access to needy Syrians, as winter sets in…