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2 days ago · The countries hit hardest by the cholera resurgence include low-income countries in Africa, whose infrastructure cannot meet the safe water and sanitation requirements of a rapidly growing population, and some countries in Asia and the Middle East such as Syria, Lebanon, and Pakistan where political instability and war have created gaps in cholera detection and vaccination, enabling the ...
2 days ago · The symptoms of cholera—an intestinal disease caused by the bacterium Vibrio cholerae—have been documented in texts dating as far back as the 5th century BCE. The first cholera pandemic ...
5 days ago · The Cholera outbreak has further spread out to 66 localities of eight districts across Bale, Guji and West Arsi zones of Oromia and two districts of Liben zone of Somali region of Ethiopia, United Nations Office for the Coordination Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) has said.In a report issued on Tuesday, OCHA said as of 30 January 2023, 1,055 cholera cases have been reported including 28 associated ...
3 days ago · Save the Children, a global charity organization, said Thursday that a cholera outbreak in Ethiopia's eastern Somali region has killed at least 23 people. The charity said in a press release that a new cholera outbreak in the Somali region has resulted in 772 confirmed cases and 23 deaths in only two weeks. "A deadly combination of flooded ...
4 days ago · A 62-year-old woman has died of cholera in Mayotte, bringing to two the death toll from the epidemic on the French island in the Indian Ocean, health authorities said on
1 day ago · Influenza, commonly known as " the flu " or just " flu ", is an infectious disease caused by influenza viruses. Symptoms range from mild to severe and often include fever, runny nose, sore throat, muscle pain, headache, coughing, and fatigue. These symptoms begin one to four (typically two) days after exposure to the virus and last for about ...
1 day ago · Discover the mystery behind the 1854 cholera outbreak in London and how one man transformed public health forever. #History #Mystery #PublicHealth #London #C...
