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 of the outbreak is likely linked to people drinking unsafe water from the Euphrates River and using contaminated water to irrigate crops, resulting in food contamination. Meanwhile, in the rebel-held northwest of the country, health authorities documented 605 suspected cases, dozens of confirmed cases, and at least one death.

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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 …

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 …

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 …

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 overwhelms Haiti as cases, deaths spike amid crisis
2 years, 1 month ago

Cholera overwhelms Haiti as cases, deaths spike amid crisis

Hindustan Times  

The sun shone down on Stanley Joliva as medical staff at an open-air clinic hovered around him, pumping air into his lungs and giving him chest compressions until he died. “He said again, ‘I feel weak.’ He also said, ‘I am not able to stand up.’” Cholera is a bacteria that sickens people who swallow contaminated food or water, and …

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 …

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 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 …

Haiti’s public health crisis deepens as cholera cases reported
2 years, 2 months ago

Haiti’s public health crisis deepens as cholera cases reported

Al Jazeera  

Haiti reports at least seven suspected deaths as outbreak hits amid rising gang violence, limited fuel and water access. Haiti has reported at least two confirmed cases of cholera, local health officials and the World Health Organization said, raising concerns that the disease will spread amid worsening gang violence and insecurity in the Caribbean nation. A day earlier, Haiti’s public …

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 …

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