cholera

By Anjali Sharma WASHINGTON - Zambia health authorities on Wednesday has announced that 672,100 people in 3 districts battling a cholera outbreak have received oral cholera vaccines. Minister of Health Elijah Muchima said that the…

By Anjali Sharma UNITED NATIONS - UN agencies on Wednesday reported “relative calm” in the city of Goma in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, humanitarians warned that the chaos caused by advancing M23 rebel forces could fuel a…

By Anjali Sharma UNITED NATIONS – UNICEF and its partner UN teams on Friday pressed ahead with a lifesaving cholera vaccine campaign in Al Hol detention camp complex, despite rumours of attacks by ISIL extremists and uncertainty across…

By Anjali Sharma UNITED NATIONS - World Health Organization said on Monday that Yemen has reported the highest global burden of cholera, with nearly 250,000 suspected cases and 861 associated deaths as of 1 December, accounted for 35% of…

By Anjali Sharma UNITED NATIONS - UN aid coordination office on Monday has warned that Sudan towns and cities has devastated and pushed the healthcare system to collapse, just as cases of cholera and dengue fever are rising and hunger…

By Anjali Sharma UNITED NATIONS - UN agencies on Friday called for more international support and interventions to ease the widespread suffering in South Sudan is facing a spiraling humanitarian crisis with hunger and cholera cases…

By Anjali Sharma WASHINGTON - Ministry of Health in South Sudan  on Tuesday declared a cholera outbreak in the congested Renk transit camp in the northern Upper Nile State, which is hosting people fleeing conflict from neighboring Sudan.…

By Anjali Sharma UNITED NATIONS – World health agency on Thursday warned that a first case of highly infectious cholera virus has been detected in northern Lebanon, raised fears that those displaced by Israeli bombardment may be at risk…