A cholera outbreak in Zimbabwe is suspected of killing more than 150, infecting thousands
1 year, 1 month ago

A cholera outbreak in Zimbabwe is suspected of killing more than 150, infecting thousands

LA Times  

These days, Catherine Mangosho locks her 3-year-old grandson in the house for hours on end in an attempt to shield him from a deadly cholera outbreak in Zimbabwe. They said it was cholera.” Since the start of the latest outbreak, Zimbabwe’s Health Ministry has recorded 8,087 suspected cholera cases and 1,241 laboratory confirmed cases. The country of 15 million people has been recording more than 500 cases a week since late October, the highest rate since February, said the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies. Cholera is a water-borne disease caused by ingesting contaminated food or water and can kill within hours if left untreated, yet it is usually easily treated by rehydrating patients if cases are caught in time. World & Nation Hydration is the key in treating cholera The cholera outbreak that has killed at least 775 people in Zimbabwe is part of an epidemic that has been afflicting Africa for three decades, according to the U.S. Joyleen Nyachuru, a water, sanitation and hygiene officer with the nongovernmental organization Community Water Alliance, said she fears a repeat of 2008, when more than 4,000 people died in Zimbabwe’s worst outbreak.

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Cholera outbreak in South Sudan ‘rapidly escalating’, aid group warns
2 weeks, 5 days ago

Cholera outbreak in South Sudan ‘rapidly escalating’, aid group warns

Al Jazeera  

Doctors Without Borders says fears growing that outbreak will spread from Upper Nile state to surrounding areas. An outbreak of cholera in South Sudan is “rapidly escalating”, a humanitarian group has warned, more than a month after the first suspected case was detected. Doctors Without Borders, known by its French acronym MSF, said on Friday that a total of 737 …

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 …

‘Cholera is an indicator of poor hygiene in an area’
5 months ago

‘Cholera is an indicator of poor hygiene in an area’

New Indian Express  

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Cholera is a bacterial infection caused by vibrio cholerae, primarily affecting the small intestine. Prevention strategies include ensuring access to safe drinking water, improving sanitation practices, promoting hygiene such as washing hands and administering oral cholera vaccines in high-risk areas. Cholera remains a pressing public health concern, especially in regions lacking adequate sanitation infrastructure where overcrowded living conditions and …

After death of four specially-abled boys, 100+ hospitalised with similar symptoms in suspected cholera outbreak in Indore
5 months, 3 weeks ago

After death of four specially-abled boys, 100+ hospitalised with similar symptoms in suspected cholera outbreak in Indore

New Indian Express  

BHOPAL: Two days after four specially-abled boys died at an orphanage in Indore, the country’s cleanest and first water-plus city, due to suspected food poisoning, over 100 minors and youngsters have been hospitalised with similar symptoms at two different government hospitals in the city. 60 more specially-abled boys from the Yug Purush Dham Ashram of Malharganj area, were admitted at …

Extreme weather. A lack of lifesaving vaccines. Africa's cholera crisis is worse than ever
7 months ago

Extreme weather. A lack of lifesaving vaccines. Africa's cholera crisis is worse than ever

The Independent  

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Extreme weather. A lack of lifesaving vaccines. Africa’s cholera crisis is worse than ever
7 months ago

Extreme weather. A lack of lifesaving vaccines. Africa’s cholera crisis is worse than ever

Associated Press  

LILANDA, Zambia — Extreme weather events have hit parts of Africa relentlessly in the last three years, with tropical storms, floods and drought causing crises of hunger and displacement. In southern and East Africa, more than 6,000 people have died and nearly 350,000 cases have been reported since a series of cholera outbreaks began in late 2021. De Oliveira, who …

Africa’s cholera crisis worsens amid extreme weather events
7 months ago

Africa’s cholera crisis worsens amid extreme weather events

Al Jazeera  

Extreme weather events that have relentlessly hit parts of Africa in the last three years have caused crises of hunger and displacement. In Southern and East Africa, more than 6,000 people have died and nearly 350,000 cases have been reported since a series of cholera outbreaks began in late 2021. Health authorities, scientists and aid agencies say the unprecedented surge …

Deadly cholera outbreak hits southern Africa: From transmission to vaccines, here's all you need to know
8 months ago

Deadly cholera outbreak hits southern Africa: From transmission to vaccines, here's all you need to know

Hindustan Times  

Zambia, Zimbabwe and Malawi are at the epicenter of the deadliest cholera outbreak in southern Africa in at least a decade. “And then in settings like refugee camps, where you have a concentration of people, the water that is being used is highly contaminated.” What is fueling Africa's current cholera outbreaks? There are a host of reasons for the rash …

What’s fuelling the deadly cholera outbreak in Southern Africa?
10 months ago

What’s fuelling the deadly cholera outbreak in Southern Africa?

Al Jazeera  

A severe cholera outbreak is currently ravaging communities in Southern Africa, spreading across borders in what experts say is the worst such crisis involving the illness that the region has seen in a decade. Since January 2022, at least 188,000 people have been infected with cholera across seven countries in Southern Africa: Zambia, Zimbabwe, Malawi, Mozambique, Tanzania, South Africa and …

Zambia reels from a cholera outbreak with more than 400 dead and 10,000 cases. All schools are shut
11 months, 1 week ago

Zambia reels from a cholera outbreak with more than 400 dead and 10,000 cases. All schools are shut

The Independent  

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A cholera outbreak in Zambia has caused more than 400 deaths and infected 10,000
11 months, 1 week ago

A cholera outbreak in Zambia has caused more than 400 deaths and infected 10,000

Associated Press  

LUSAKA, Zambia — Zambia is reeling from a major cholera outbreak that has killed more than 400 people and infected more than 10,000, leading authorities to order schools across the country to remain shut after the end-of-year holidays. The Zambian government is embarking on a mass vaccination program and says it’s providing clean water — 2.4 million liters a day …

Zambia reels from a cholera outbreak with more than 400 dead and 10,000 cases
11 months, 1 week ago

Zambia reels from a cholera outbreak with more than 400 dead and 10,000 cases

LA Times  

Zambia is reeling from a major cholera outbreak that has killed more than 400 people and infected more than 10,000, leading authorities to order schools across the country to remain shut after the end-of-year holidays. The Zambian government is embarking on a mass vaccination program and says it’s providing clean water — 2.4 million liters a day — to affected …

A cholera outbreak in Zimbabwe is suspected of killing more than 150 and is leaving many terrified
1 year, 1 month ago

A cholera outbreak in Zimbabwe is suspected of killing more than 150 and is leaving many terrified

Associated Press  

HARARE, Zimbabwe — These days, Catherine Mangosho locks her 3-year-old grandson in the house for hours on end in an attempt to shield him from a deadly cholera outbreak in Zimbabwe. The virulent bacterial disease is killing the young and the old in the southern African country, with health authorities reporting more than 150 suspected deaths and over 8,000 suspected …

A cholera outbreak in Zimbabwe is suspected of killing more than 150 and is leaving many terrified
1 year, 1 month ago

A cholera outbreak in Zimbabwe is suspected of killing more than 150 and is leaving many terrified

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. The virulent bacterial disease is killing the young and …

Zimbabwe announces 100 suspected cholera deaths and imposes restrictions on gatherings
1 year, 2 months ago

Zimbabwe announces 100 suspected cholera deaths and imposes restrictions on gatherings

Associated Press  

HARARE, Zimbabwe — Zimbabwe has recorded 100 suspected deaths from cholera and more than 5,000 possible cases since late last month, prompting the government to impose restrictions to stop the spread of the disease, including limiting numbers at funerals and stopping some social gatherings in affected areas. The government has also said people should stop attending open markets, some social …

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 …

Cholera kills 17 in South Africa and a further 9 in neighboring Zimbabwe
1 year, 7 months ago

Cholera kills 17 in South Africa and a further 9 in neighboring Zimbabwe

Associated Press  

JOHANNESBURG — At least 17 people have died in a cholera outbreak in the Hammanskraal township outside South Africa’s capital, Pretoria, authorities said Wednesday. Health authorities are yet to confirm the exact source of the cholera outbreak, but poor waste water management and local government instability in South Africa’s capital city have been blamed for the situation. South Africa is …

Mozambique works to contain cholera outbreak after cyclone
1 year, 8 months ago

Mozambique works to contain cholera outbreak after cyclone

Associated Press  

QUELIMANE, Mozambique — Weeks after massive Cyclone Freddy hit Mozambique for a second time, the still-flooded country is facing a spiraling cholera outbreak that threatens to add to the devastation. Freddy made its second landfall in Mozambique’s Zambezia province, where scores of villages remain flooded and water supplies are still contaminated. Restoring normal water supplies in Mozambique will take time, …

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 …

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 …

Malawi cholera outbreak death toll rises above 1,000
1 year, 10 months ago

Malawi cholera outbreak death toll rises above 1,000

Associated Press  

BLANTYRE, Malawi — Malawi’s cholera outbreak has claimed more than 1,000 lives, according to the country’s health minister, who warned that some cultural beliefs and hostility toward health workers were slowing efforts to curb infections. Cholera had killed 1,002 people as of Tuesday, while 1,115 people were hospitalized from the outbreak that started in March 2022, Minister of Health Khumbize …

Worst cholera outbreak in decades kills 750 people in Malawi
1 year, 11 months ago

Worst cholera outbreak in decades kills 750 people in Malawi

Associated Press  

BLANTYRE, Malawi — The worst cholera outbreak to affect Malawi in two decades has now claimed 750 lives, a government minister said, while the World Health Organization chief described the southeast African country as among the hardest-hit amid ongoing global epidemics that are “more widespread and deadly than normal.” Malawi’s Health Minister Khumbize Kandodo Chiponda on Thursday ordered the closure …

Worst cholera outbreak in decades kills 750 people in Malawi
1 year, 11 months ago

Worst cholera outbreak in decades kills 750 people in Malawi

Associated Press  

BLANTYRE, Malawi — The worst cholera outbreak to affect Malawi in two decades has now claimed 750 lives, a government minister said, while the World Health Organization chief described the southeast African country as among the hardest-hit amid ongoing global epidemics that are “more widespread and deadly than normal.” Malawi’s Health Minister Khumbize Kandodo Chiponda on Thursday ordered the closure …

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 …

UN: Children in Haiti hit by cholera as malnutrition rises
2 years, 1 month ago

UN: Children in Haiti hit by cholera as malnutrition rises

Associated Press  

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — A cholera outbreak sweeping through Haiti is claiming a growing number of children amid a surge in malnutrition, UNICEF announced Wednesday. UNICEF and Haiti’s government are seeking at least $28 million to help feed, hydrate and care for 1.4 million people affected by the crisis, with that number expected to increase as malnutrition worsens, especially in urban …

UN: Children in Haiti hit by cholera as malnutrition rises
2 years, 1 month ago

UN: Children in Haiti hit by cholera as malnutrition rises

The Independent  

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Children in Haiti hit by cholera as malnutrition rises
2 years, 1 month ago

Children in Haiti hit by cholera as malnutrition rises

LA Times  

A baby stricken with cholera receives treatment at a clinic run by Doctors Without Borders in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, on Nov. 11. UNICEF and Haiti’s government are seeking at least $28 million to help feed, hydrate and care for 1.4 million people affected by the crisis, with that number expected to increase as malnutrition worsens, especially in urban areas such as …

Children account for 40 percent of cholera cases in Haiti: UNICEF
2 years, 1 month ago

Children account for 40 percent of cholera cases in Haiti: UNICEF

Al Jazeera  

Approximately two in five cholera cases are among children in Haiti, the United Nations children’s agency said, as the Caribbean nation grapples with a deadly outbreak made worse by widespread violence and instability. UNICEF said on Wednesday that about 40 percent of confirmed cholera cases have been in children while nine in 10 were reported in parts of the country …

Haiti fears spike in cholera cases as fuel blockade lifts
2 years, 1 month ago

Haiti fears spike in cholera cases as fuel blockade lifts

Associated Press  

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — Cholera cases are overwhelming Haiti as experts warn the situation could worsen now that the country is bustling once again after a paralyzing fuel blockade that lasted two months. “Cholera cases continue to climb in Haiti.” At least 175 people have died and more than 7,600 have been hospitalized, the Pan American Health Organization said Tuesday, although …

Armed gangs ‘terrorising’ Haiti as cholera spreads: UN official
2 years, 1 month ago

Armed gangs ‘terrorising’ Haiti as cholera spreads: UN official

Al Jazeera  

UN coordinator in Haiti says nearly 200 murders were recorded last month as cholera cases are now reported in eight of 10 provinces. Armed gangs are “terrorising” residents in the Haitian capital of Port-au-Prince, a United Nations official has warned, as deadly violence and instability continue to complicate the country’s response to a worsening outbreak of cholera. “The cholera situation …

Haiti fears spike in cholera cases as fuel blockade lifts
2 years, 1 month ago

Haiti fears spike in cholera cases as fuel blockade lifts

The Independent  

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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 …

Haiti fears spike in cholera cases as fuel blockade lifts
2 years, 1 month ago

Haiti fears spike in cholera cases as fuel blockade lifts

LA Times  

A woman uses a towel to swat flies away from her daughter stricken with cholera, at a clinic run by Doctors Without Borders in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, on Nov. 11. “Cholera cases continue to climb in Haiti.” At least 161 people have died and more than 7,600 are hospitalized, according to the Pan American Health Organization and Haiti’s government, although officials …

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 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 …

WHO: Ugandan Ebola outbreak ‘rapidly evolving’ after 1 month
2 years, 2 months ago

WHO: Ugandan Ebola outbreak ‘rapidly evolving’ after 1 month

Associated Press  

KAMPALA, Uganda — Uganda’s Ebola outbreak is “rapidly evolving” a month after the disease was reported in the East African country, a top World Health Organization official said Thursday, describing a difficult situation for health workers. Fears that Ebola could spread far from the outbreak’s epicenter caused authorities to impose a lockdown, including nighttime curfews, on two of the five …

Uganda Ebola outbreak 'rapidly evolving' after 1 month, says WHO
2 years, 2 months ago

Uganda Ebola outbreak 'rapidly evolving' after 1 month, says WHO

Hindustan Times  

Uganda's Ebola outbreak is “rapidly evolving” a month after the disease was reported in the East African country, a top World Health Organisation official said on Thursday, describing a difficult situation for health workers on the ground. A Ugandan health worker prepares to administer the ebola vaccine to a man in Kirembo village, near the border with the Democratic Republic …

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 …

Concerns grow as cholera spreads through Haiti’s prisons
2 years, 2 months ago

Concerns grow as cholera spreads through Haiti’s prisons

Associated Press  

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — A nonprofit organization on Tuesday called on Haiti’s government to release certain inmates amid a swift rise in cholera cases throughout the country’s severely crowded prison system and dwindling supplies of clean water. “This is a status quo that cannot persist, and we will continue to work and to speak with international partners on ways …

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