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Published time: 30 Dec, 2017 08:52 Zambian President Edgar Lungu directed the country’s military to assist in fighting the spread of cholera on Friday, Reuters reported citing presidential spokesman Amos Chanda. The president called on the defense forces to “thoroughly clean up” the capital city of Lusaka. The epidemic has been raging in Zambia since […]
UN agencies and Bangladesh’s Health Ministry began a massive cholera immunization campaign Tuesday to stem a possible outbreak of the waterborne disease among more than a half million Rohingya Muslims who have fled violence in Myanmar to neighbouring Bangladesh. CBC | Health News
One of the latest victims of the cholera epidemic that has killed more than 2,000 people in Yemen had yet to even take a first breath. CBC | Health News
Disasters always have ripple effects. In Puerto Rico and the US Virgin Islands, Hurricane Maria might start a wave of disease. https://media.wired.com/photos/59cd6c4bbc3ab250b6610521/master/pass/nurse-TA.jpg Feed: All Latest
Published time: 29 Sep, 2017 08:50 Edited time: 29 Sep, 2017 08:53 The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) on Friday described the humanitarian situation in Yemen as a “catastrophe,” saying cholera cases there could reach 1 million by year-end. The warring sides are using disproportionate force, causing “very excessive” civilian casualties, said Alexandre […]
More than 500 people have died so far in a cholera epidemic that is sweeping Congo, the World Health Organization says. CBC | Health News
As Yemen’s rainy season begins, the World Health Organization and Oxfam are worried that the country’s citizens will be affected by the worst outbreak of cholera in recorded history. CBC | Health News
A 10-week cholera epidemic has now infected more than 300,000 people in Yemen, the International Committee of the Red Cross says. CBC | Health News
The UN health agency says there are now more than 200,000 suspected cases of cholera in an outbreak in war-torn Yemen, many of them children. CBC | Health News
Published time: 24 Jun, 2017 06:57 WHO has expressed gratitude to Saudi Arabia for making a “noble” donation to fight a cholera outbreak in Yemen, even though the kingdom itself is contributing to the spread of the illness in the neighboring country by bombing and blockading it. Saudi Arabian Defense Minister and Crown Prince Mohammed […]
