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1 day ago · In southern and East Africa, more than 6,000 people have died and nearly 350,000 cases have been reported since a series of cholera outbreaks began in late 2021. Malawi and Zambia have had their ...
4 days ago · They leave another deadly threat behind them: some of the continent’s worst outbreaks of cholera. In southern and East Africa, more than 6,000 people have died and nearly 350,000 cases have been reported since a series of cholera outbreaks began in late 2021.
10 hours ago · In the space of two awful days in January, Mildred Banda saw her 1-year-old son die from cholera and rushed to save the life of her teenage daughter. The Bandas exemplify the people still at the mercy of a disease that shouldn't kill anyone in 2024. Cholera is easily treated and easily prevented — and the vaccines are relatively simple to ...
1 day ago · Recent major outbreaks are the 2010s Haiti cholera outbreak and the 2016–2022 Yemen cholera outbreak. In October 2016, an outbreak of cholera began in war-ravaged Yemen. WHO called it "the worst cholera outbreak in the world". In 2019, 93% of the reported 923,037 cholera cases were from Yemen (with 1911 deaths reported).
4 days ago · In Southern and East Africa, more than 6,000 people have died since a series of cholera outbreaks began in late 2021. ... (WHO) calls cholera a disease of poverty, as it thrives where there is ...
1 day ago · Rising cases of dengue and other diseases – linked with rising global temperatures; Cholera outbreaks in more than 20 countries this year alone; And a mountain of evidence that health is a ...
1 day ago · Outbreaks of cholera, dengue, diphtheria, hepatitis E, Marburg, measles, mpox and more; While the global spread of avian influenza in new animal species remains a constant threat. In response, WHO supported dozens of countries to access vaccines and treatments.
