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5 days ago · Overview . From 1 January 2024 to 28 April 2024, a cumulative total of 145 900 cholera cases and 1766 deaths were reported from 24 countries across five WHO regions, with the African Region recording the highest numbers, followed by the Eastern Mediterranean Region, the Region of the Americas, the South-East Asia Region, and the European Region.
5 days ago · cholera-related deaths globally, highlighting a 31% increase from the past month. Around the same time last year, 40 856 cases and 247 cholera-related deaths were reported from 22 countries. Cases and deaths reported over this period in 2024 are 32% lower and 14% higher, respectively, than those reported over the same period last year.
5 days ago · The critical shortage of oral cholera vaccine continues, due to a surge in requests from countries in multiple world regions, the World Health Organization (WHO) said today in an update on the disease. Since January 2023, there have been 82 million doses requested from 15 countries, almost double the 46 million doses produced over the same period.
5 days ago · The period also saw 281 cholera-related deaths globally, highlighting a 31% increase from the past month. Around the same time last year, 40 856 cases and 247 cholera-related deaths were reported ...
21 hours ago · LUSAKA DISTRICT, ZAMBIA: Cholera is a preventable, easily treatable disease, but it can kill within hours if left untreated. Families with limited resources and poor access to WASH (water ...
5 days ago · The first cholera pandemic occurred in Bengal, India from 1817 to 1824, while the last and seventh pandemic showed up in Indonesia in 1961. ... while the last and seventh pandemic showed up in ...
4 days ago · The Seventy-seventh World Health Assembly is being held in Geneva, Switzerland, on 27 May – 1 June 2024. The theme of this year’s Health Assembly is: All for Health, Health for All. Proceedings will be webcast live from this web page. Simultaneous interpretation will be available in Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian and Spanish.
