During the Famine it was not uncommon to find the living and the dead stretched side by side on filthy straw on the ‘sleeping ...

Poor water conditions and sanitation have led to recurrent outbreaks of the diarrheal disease, with more than 204,000 suspected cholera cases and a 12% death rate from 30,583 confirmed incidents ...

Malawi’s government launched a plan Thursday to stop cholera outbreaks by 2030. Officials say that if the government and international partners can effectively cooperate, they can greatly reduce ...

Angola's Ministry of Health has released alarming statistics regarding the ongoing cholera outbreak,1,2 highlighting a severe public health crisis that warrants immediate international attention. By ...

To prevent the spread of the cholera outbreak in his locality, the Chairman of Bomadi Local Government Area, Delta State, Rawlings Andaye, has distributed free drugs to all primary healthcare ...

The country's worst recorded cholera epidemic was in 2008 and 2009, which resulted in nearly 100,000 confirmed cases and 4,288 deaths, according to the WHO. Zimbabwe battles cholera outbreak ...

She said the bacteria responsible for cholera thrive in environments lacking access to safe drinking water, adequate sanitation, and hygienic conditions. She said the bacteria could be transmitted ...

The outbreak of cholera in the state directly corroborates the state’s position as the second state with the highest poverty index in the country and speaks volumes of the sanitary conditions of ...

The government says a fresh cholera outbreak has spread to eight districts, infecting nearly 300 people. Burst pipes left in disrepair for months and spewing human waste into the streets are ...

The leading killer was cholera, with more than 3,700 reported deaths, followed by measles, which reportedly claimed about 3,200 lives. When looking at suspected cases, measles led and cholera ...

Zimbabwe’s ministry of health and child care has announce that the current cholera outbreak in the country has affected the districts of Bikita, Bindura, Chiredzi, Chipinge, Kariba ...