Cholera outbreak in South Sudan ‘rapidly escalating’, aid group warns | Health News
Doctors Without Borders says fears growing that outbreak will spread from Upper Nile state to surrounding areas.An outbreak of cholera in South South is “rapidly…
COVID, mpox, cholera: Is the world prepared for another pandemic? | Climate Crisis News
Some 4.5 billion people worldwide are currently without adequate access to essential healthcare services, according to the World Health Organization (WHO). This comes as more…
Cholera Outbreak in Nigeria’s Yobe Claims Nine Lives as Floods Worsen Health Crisis
Local authorities have confirmed at least 132 cholera cases in Yobe state, northeast Nigeria, with about nine deaths—a 6.8 per cent fatality rate. “The delay…
Maiduguri Flood: MSF Raises Concerns Over Cholera, Malaria Threats
Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) has expressed concerns over the looming threat of malaria and cholera outbreaks in Maiduguri following the devastating floods that have unsettled…
Dozens missing in Yemen floods, risk of cholera outbreak rises | Weather News
At least one clinic in western Yemen has suspected cholera patients with heavy rains prompting outbreak concerns.At least 24 people are missing as Yemen has…
War-ravaged Sudan battles cholera outbreak | Health News
Lying on a hospital bed, Aisha Mohammed said she was suffering from cholera symptoms, an increasingly common disease in Sudan where a prolonged war has…
Cholera outbreak in Sudan killed at least 22 people, health minister says | Health News
Haitham Mohamed Ibrahim has declared a cholera epidemic due to contaminated drinking water and weather conditions.Sudan has been stricken by a cholera outbreak that has…
WHO reports 300 cholera deaths in Sudan, warns dengue and meningitis rising | Health News
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…
Monthly Sanitation Returns To Lagos Amidst Cholera Outbreak, Improper Waste Disposal
In the face of a worsening cholera outbreak, Lagos, the epicentre of Nigeria’s crisis, is finding solutions. Just days after a HumAngle report exposed widespread…
Open Defecation, Poor Sanitation Widespread Amid Nigeria’s Cholera Epidemic
It’s been three years since Adebayo Alamu, a vulcaniser, relocated to Ibadan, capital of Oyo State in South West Nigeria after he was evicted from…
Cholera Outbreak Kills 30 Amid Improper Waste Management In Nigeria
At least 30 people have been confirmed dead across 96 local governments in 30 states of Nigeria as a result of a cholera outbreak. According…
At least 90 killed as overcrowded ferry sinks off Mozambique as victims tried to flee cholera outbreak
AT least 90 people have died and 26 are missing after a packed ferry sunk off the coast of Mozambique. Rescuers are searching for survivors…
New Wave Of Cholera Outbreaks In Africa Despite Containment Measures
A few days before Christmas in 2008, 15-year-old Nigel Chigudu told UNICEF that he watched as his siblings struggled with the intense grip of cholera…
What’s fuelling the deadly cholera outbreak in Southern Africa? | Health News
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…