Syria receives cholera vaccines ahead of inoculation drive
2 years ago

Syria receives cholera vaccines ahead of inoculation drive

Associated Press  

DAMASCUS, Syria — Syria has received two million doses of cholera vaccines, the first to reach the country during a months-long outbreak, the country’s health ministry said Wednesday. Syria’s Health Ministry said the vaccines were from the U.N. children’s agency UNICEF and international organization Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance. The U.N. World Health Organization in October announced the temporary suspension of a two-dose cholera vaccination strategy because of this, and officials have since administered single doses to benefit more people in the short-term. Syria’s cholera outbreak has crossed frontlines and borders into rebel-held northwestern Syria, and into neighboring Lebanon and Iraq - all places with crippled water infrastructure, economic turmoil, and large refugee populations.

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Sudan Grapples with a Health Crisis: Rising Cholera and Dengue Cases
2 months, 2 weeks ago

Sudan Grapples with a Health Crisis: Rising Cholera and Dengue Cases

China Daily  

Cholera and dengue cases continue to rise in Sudan, with the number of cases reaching 21,806 and 1,329, respectively. The outbreak has affected 11 states, with Kassala State registering the highest number of cases. The health authorities have launched a campaign to combat the disease, but international and regional organizations and local authorities need to take immediate action to address …

Fast-rising cholera cases across war-torn Sudan alarm the U.N.
2 months, 2 weeks ago

Fast-rising cholera cases across war-torn Sudan alarm the U.N.

LA Times  

People line up in front of a bakery during a cease-fire in Khartoum, Sudan, in May 2023. Cholera cases in war-torn Sudan increased by nearly 40% in less than two weeks, according to the latest figures, alarming the U.N. health officials, who long warned about the outbreak and the lack of proper response since it was reported in July. Sudan’s …

Health Talk | Cholera concerns spread as disease incidence doubles in Africa amid vaccine shortfall
3 months, 2 weeks ago

Health Talk | Cholera concerns spread as disease incidence doubles in Africa amid vaccine shortfall

Hindustan Times  

On September 4, the World Health Organisation published new data on cholera for 2023, showing an increase in both cases and deaths, which underscores recent concerns raised by international health experts that the disease was increasingly becoming difficult to treat. The WHO data show, the number of reported deaths from cholera last year increased by 71% compared with 2022, and …

Thousands of children in Sudan at risk of cholera
3 months, 2 weeks ago

Thousands of children in Sudan at risk of cholera

China Daily  

Thousands of children in eastern Sudan are at risk of cholera following a major outbreak that hit the country in August, caused by widespread flooding and contaminated water amid a decimated health system due to the ongoing conflict in the country. The organization's teams are reporting a huge spike in cholera cases among children under five in El Damer in …

Cholera outbreak in Sudan has killed at least 22 people, says Health Minister
4 months ago

Cholera outbreak in Sudan has killed at least 22 people, says Health Minister

The Hindu  

Sudan has been stricken by a cholera outbreak that has killed nearly two dozen people and sickened hundreds more in recent weeks, health authorities said Sunday. Health Minister Haitham Mohamed Ibrahim said in a statement that at least 22 people have died from the disease, and that at least 354 confirmed cases of cholera have been detected across the county …

Cholera outbreak in Sudan has killed at least 22 people, health minister says
4 months ago

Cholera outbreak in Sudan has killed at least 22 people, health minister says

The Independent  

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Cholera outbreak in Sudan killed at least 22 people, health minister says
4 months, 1 week ago

Cholera outbreak in Sudan killed at least 22 people, health minister says

Al Jazeera  

Sudan has been stricken by a cholera outbreak that has killed nearly two dozen people and sickened hundreds more in recent weeks, health authorities said. Health Minister Haitham Mohamed Ibrahim said in a statement on Sunday that at least 22 people have died from the disease, and that at least 354 confirmed cases of cholera have been detected across the …

WHO reports 300 cholera deaths in Sudan, warns dengue and meningitis rising
4 months, 1 week ago

WHO reports 300 cholera deaths in Sudan, warns dengue and meningitis rising

Al Jazeera  

More than 25 million people across the country face acute hunger as well as outbreaks of disease due to civil war. The humanitarian crisis caused by the civil war in Sudan has exacerbated infections, including cholera, which has killed more than 300 people, a World Health Organization official says. Due to the mass displacement, more than 25 million people across …

UN approves an updated cholera vaccine that could help fight a surge in cases
8 months ago

UN approves an updated cholera vaccine that could help fight a surge in cases

The Hindu  

The World Health Organisation has approved a version of a widely used cholera vaccine that could help address a surge in cases that has depleted the global vaccine stockpile and left poorer countries scrambling to contain epidemics. In January, the UN agency said the global vaccine stockpile was “entirely depleted” until the beginning of March. Since last January, WHO has …

UN approves an updated cholera vaccine that could help fight a surge in cases
8 months ago

UN approves an updated cholera vaccine that could help fight a surge in cases

Associated Press  

The World Health Organization has approved a version of a widely used cholera vaccine that could help address a surge in cases that has depleted the global vaccine stockpile and left poorer countries scrambling to contain epidemics. Dr. Derrick Sim of Gavi called WHO’s authorization “a lifeline for vulnerable communities around the world.” More is still needed, however: Since January, …

How did the world run so low on cholera vaccine? As outbreaks grow, stockpile runs dry
9 months, 2 weeks ago

How did the world run so low on cholera vaccine? As outbreaks grow, stockpile runs dry

NPR  

How did the world run so low on cholera vaccine? As outbreaks grow, stockpile runs dry Enlarge this image toggle caption Omar Haj Kadour/AFP via Getty Images Omar Haj Kadour/AFP via Getty Images The ancient disease of cholera is making a comeback in 2024 – but the world's supply of vaccines can't keep up. Philippe Barboza, team lead of the …

UN says cholera and dengue outbreaks have been reported in eastern Sudan as conflict grinds on
1 year, 2 months ago

UN says cholera and dengue outbreaks have been reported in eastern Sudan as conflict grinds on

Associated Press  

CAIRO — Outbreaks of cholera and dengue fever have been reported in eastern Sudan, where thousands of people are sheltering in crowded camps amid deadly fighting between the country’s military and a rival paramilitary force, the U.N. health agency said on Tuesday. According to the World Health Organization, 162 people suspected of having cholera were admitted to hospitals in Qadarif …

WHO urges assistance to African nations facing cholera
1 year, 9 months ago

WHO urges assistance to African nations facing cholera

Associated Press  

KAMPALA, Uganda — A World Health Organization official in Africa is urging more support to countries facing cholera outbreaks, saying the disease has the potential to “quickly explode” as rainfall persists in some areas. Dr. Patrick Otim, a WHO official monitoring emergencies, said cholera outbreaks were potentially dangerous because of the short incubation period and the involvement of contaminated water …

Syrians displaced by quakes fear cholera outbreak as cases surge
1 year, 9 months ago

Syrians displaced by quakes fear cholera outbreak as cases surge

Al Jazeera  

At least two people died in northwest Syria last month following a rise in cholera infections. “It’s as if we’ve escaped death only to find death.” Growing numbers At least two people died of cholera in northwestern Syria last month, while the total number of cholera deaths recorded in the northwest since the outbreak began last year rose to 22, …

Cholera outbreak in quake-hit northwestern Syria kills two people
1 year, 9 months ago

Cholera outbreak in quake-hit northwestern Syria kills two people

Al Jazeera  

Two people have died and 568 non-fatal cases have been reported in the earthquake-hit areas of northwestern Syria. Two people have died of cholera in northwestern Syria after devastating earthquakes hit the region, emergency responders in the opposition-held area say. The total number of cholera deaths recorded in the northwest since the outbreak began last year has now risen to …

Amid cholera outbreak, health fears grow in quake-hit Syria
1 year, 10 months ago

Amid cholera outbreak, health fears grow in quake-hit Syria

Al Jazeera  

With the first cases detected in September, earthquake devastation risks new stresses, particularly in rebel-held areas. Aid groups and public health experts warn that a series of devastating earthquakes could exacerbate a cholera outbreak in Syria first detected last year. Across war-torn Syria, where the UN has estimated that 5.3 million people have been left homeless by the disaster, “there …

African countries lack ‘immediate access’ to cholera vaccine
1 year, 10 months ago

African countries lack ‘immediate access’ to cholera vaccine

Associated Press  

NAIROBI, Kenya — Africa’s public health agency says countries with deadly cholera outbreaks on the continent have no “immediate access” to vaccines amid a global supply shortage. The Africa CDC is also working with two local manufacturers to explore if their facilities can be repurposed to manufacture cholera vaccines, Ogwell said. WHO and its partners recommended in October that countries …

Syria cholera outbreak may worsen if UN cross-border aid stops
1 year, 11 months ago

Syria cholera outbreak may worsen if UN cross-border aid stops

Al Jazeera  

The UN Security Council will vote on Monday to renew an authorisation to transport aid across the border from Turkey. Humanitarian workers operating in the last opposition-held part of Syria fear a cholera outbreak sweeping the region will deepen further if the United Nations is forced to stop aid deliveries across the border from Turkey. Russia’s deputy UN ambassador Dmitry …

Haiti prepares to roll out first cholera vaccines
2 years ago

Haiti prepares to roll out first cholera vaccines

Al Jazeera  

Initial shipment of more than 1.1 million cholera jabs to be distributed in areas with most reported cases, PAHO says. The Haitian government is expected to launch a cholera vaccination campaign this week, the World Health Organization and local officials have said after the Caribbean nation received its first shipment of jabs. The country received an initial shipment of approximately …

Haiti, UN appeal for help as fears grow over cholera’s spread
2 years, 1 month ago

Haiti, UN appeal for help as fears grow over cholera’s spread

Al Jazeera  

Haitian official appeals for assistance amid fears that an end to the country’s fuel terminal blockade could lead to more cholera cases. “Cholera is a preventable and treatable disease, and based on their experience and expertise, national institutions quickly put together a response strategy with the determined support of the entire local and international humanitarian community,” UN Resident and Humanitarian …

Rights group: Turkey water cuts worsen Syria cholera problem
2 years, 1 month ago

Rights group: Turkey water cuts worsen Syria cholera problem

Associated Press  

BEIRUT — Turkey isn’t ensuring an adequate water flow downstream into the Euphrates River in Syria, worsening a water crisis believed to have increased the spread of cholera in the war-torn country, a prominent rights group said Monday. Human Rights Watch also blamed the Syrian government for “discriminatory diversion of aid and essential services” from areas controlled by U.S.-backed Kurdish …

Conflict, crisis fuel cholera surge across Mideast hot spots
2 years, 1 month ago

Conflict, crisis fuel cholera surge across Mideast hot spots

Associated Press  

BHANINE, Lebanon — Shadia Ahmed panicked as rainwater flooded her shack one night, drenching her seven children. “Cholera thrives in poverty and conflict but is now turbocharged by climate change,” said Inas Hamam, a regional spokeswoman for the World Health Organization. “I would spend the whole night taking her to the bathroom, giving her medication, washing and sterilizing her,” Ahmed, …

Cholera rages through Middle East and Africa amid vaccine shortage
2 years, 1 month ago

Cholera rages through Middle East and Africa amid vaccine shortage

CNN  

Editor’s Note: A version of this story first appeared in CNN’s Meanwhile in the Middle East newsletter, a three-times-a-week look inside the region’s biggest stories. “Malnourished children are more vulnerable to developing severe cholera disease,” Bertrand Bainvel, UNICEF’s deputy regional director for the Middle East and North Africa, said in the statement. “In refugees’ camps and informal settlements, the population …

Cholera’s comeback in Haiti: All you need to know about the killer disease
2 years, 1 month ago

Cholera’s comeback in Haiti: All you need to know about the killer disease

Firstpost  

According to the WHO, 29 countries have reported Cholera outbreaks this year, up from under 20 for the previous five years combined. Apart from Haiti, the disease is also spreading quickly in war-scarred Syria and neighbouring crisis-hit Lebanon Paris: Cholera, which has made a comeback in Haiti three years after a devastating outbreak, is a highly contagious waterborne bacterial disease …

Cholera vaccine supply shortage forces to reduce advised dosage, says WHO
2 years, 2 months ago

Cholera vaccine supply shortage forces to reduce advised dosage, says WHO

Live Mint  

The international organization that distributes oral cholera vaccines during outbreaks has temporarily suspended the standard two-dose vaccination regimen and implemented a single-dose strategy in cholera outbreak response campaigns due to a limited global supply. "29 countries have reported cholera outbreaks this year, including 13 countries that did not have outbreaks last year," WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus informed reporters. The …

WHO advises using 1 dose of cholera vaccine due to shortage
2 years, 2 months ago

WHO advises using 1 dose of cholera vaccine due to shortage

Associated Press  

GENEVA — The World Health Organization and its partners are recommending that countries temporarily switch to using a single dose of the cholera vaccine instead of two due to a supply shortage as outbreaks of the water-borne disease surge globally. In a statement on Wednesday, the U.N. agency and partners that include UNICEF and the International Federation of Red Cross …

Lebanon warns deadly cholera outbreak ‘spreading rapidly’
2 years, 2 months ago

Lebanon warns deadly cholera outbreak ‘spreading rapidly’

Al Jazeera  

Health officials blamed the country’s poor sanitation and crumbling infrastructure, as the disease spreads from Syria. Lebanon has warned that a deadly cholera outbreak is “spreading rapidly”, with cases rising after the virulent disease spread from neighbouring Syria. Lebanon hosts more than one million Syrian refugees, many of them already poverty-stricken and living in crowded camps for the displaced that …

Lebanon inspecting new suspected cases of cholera
2 years, 2 months ago

Lebanon inspecting new suspected cases of cholera

Associated Press  

BEIRUT — Lebanon’s health minister said on Friday that authorities are inspecting suspected cases of cholera, less than a day after the cash-strapped country confirmed its first case of the illness since 1993. Firas Abiad, Lebanon’s caretaker health minister, said in a press conference that the first case was a middle-aged Syrian refugee man living in the impoverished northern province …

Lebanon announces first cholera case in almost 30 years
2 years, 2 months ago

Lebanon announces first cholera case in almost 30 years

Associated Press  

BEIRUT — Lebanon’s health ministry on Thursday announced the crisis-hit country’s first case of cholera in decades. The Health Ministry said the person infected is from Lebanon’s impoverished predominantly rural northern province of Akkar, which borders Syria, adding that it was the first case of the waterborne disease since 1993. The U.N. and Syria’s Health Ministry have said the source …

Lebanon records first case of cholera since 1993
2 years, 2 months ago

Lebanon records first case of cholera since 1993

Al Jazeera  

The recorded case comes as neighbouring war-torn Syria is struggling to contain an outbreak of the waterborne disease. Lebanon has recorded its first case of cholera since 1993, the crisis-hit country’s health ministry announced, as neighbouring war-torn Syria is struggling to contain an outbreak of the waterborne disease that has spread across the country during the past month. In neighbouring …

Cholera death toll rises to 29 in Syria as outbreak spreads
2 years, 2 months ago

Cholera death toll rises to 29 in Syria as outbreak spreads

Al Jazeera  

Health Ministry says rapid assessment testing confirmed 338 cases since the outbreak was first recorded last month. Rapid assessment testing confirmed 338 cases since the outbreak was first recorded last month, with the bulk of deaths and cases in the northern Aleppo province, the Syrian health ministry said in a statement on Monday. Suspected cholera cases have risen to 2,092 …

Growing cholera outbreak in Syria infects hundreds, 39 dead
2 years, 3 months ago

Growing cholera outbreak in Syria infects hundreds, 39 dead

Associated Press  

BEIRUT — A deadly cholera outbreak in Syria has killed at least 39 people and infected hundreds more this past month, health officials said Wednesday, raising concerns about whether the war-torn country can put a stop to its spread. In areas of northeast Syria controlled by U.S.-backed Kurdish-led fighters, Jwan Mustafa, the top health official in the region reported 16 …

UN warns of ‘serious threat’ from Syria cholera outbreak
2 years, 3 months ago

UN warns of ‘serious threat’ from Syria cholera outbreak

Al Jazeera  

The UN says outbreak connected to ‘severe water shortages’ caused by drought, destruction of infrastructure. A continuing cholera outbreak presents a “serious threat” to people in Syria and the wider region, the United Nations has warned. In a statement on Tuesday, UN Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator in Syria Imran Riza said the outbreak is believed to be linked to the …

Syria reports 2 dozen cases, 5 deaths of cholera
2 years, 3 months ago

Syria reports 2 dozen cases, 5 deaths of cholera

Associated Press  

DAMASCUS, Syria — Hospitals in the Syrian capital have been put on alert after more than two dozen cases of cholera and at least five deaths were reported in the war-torn country, health officials said Monday. In areas controlled by U.S.-backed fighters in northeast Syria, the head of the health department in the region, Jwan Mustafa, reported three deaths and …

Nigeria faces one of its worst cholera outbreaks in years
3 years, 3 months ago

Nigeria faces one of its worst cholera outbreaks in years

Associated Press  

LAGOS, Nigeria — Nigeria is seeing one of its worst cholera outbreaks in years, with more than 2,300 people dying from suspected cases as Africa’s most populous country struggles to deal with multiple disease outbreaks. Cholera is endemic and seasonal in Nigeria, where only 14% of the population of more than 200 million have access to safely managed drinking water …

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