Cholera

The Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) and the World Health Organisation (WHO) Africa region, in collaboration with African Union Member States, have launched a Continental Cholera …

The Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC), in partnership with the World Health Organization (WHO), has launched a continental emergency plan to combat cholera amid a surge …

The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has warned that cholera remains endemic in Nigeria, posing a major health threat, particularly to children, as the rainy season intensifies across West and …

A fast-spreading cholera outbreak has hit Sudan with officials reporting more than 1,000 cases a day in the capital of the war-torn country. The outbreak is centred around the capital, …

As cholera cases rise sharply across the continent, its leaders say it is essential that Africa steps up production of its own vaccines. The World Health Organization says that so …

A new cholera outbreak in Sudan has killed 172 people and infected more than 2,500 over the past week, authorities said on Tuesday. Most cases were reported in Sudan’s capital, …

The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) has issued a warning about the persistent violence in North and South Kivu in the Democratic Republic of the Congo …

A cholera outbreak in a southern Sudanese city killed nearly 60 people and sickened about 1,300 others over the last three days, health authorities said Saturday. The outbreak in the …

Save the Children says three child-killer diseases – dengue, cholera, and mpox – witnessed major resurgences in 2024 fuelled partly by climate crises and conflict, with these illnesses likely to …

One person has been reported dead and 60 persons hospitalized following an outbreak of Cholera disease in communities of Kanam local government areas of Plateau state. The Executive chairman of …