Zimbabwe: Cholera-Causing Bacteria Found in Harare Boreholes
[New Zimbabwe] Upper Manyame Sub-Catchment Council (UMSCC) has detected Escherichia coli (E.coli), a cholera-causing bacteria in boreholes that were tested in 14 residential areas of Harare. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - February 27, 2024 Category: African Health Tags: Environment Health and Medicine Southern Africa Water and Sanitation Zimbabwe Source Type: news
Mauritius: Mauritius Lets Cruise Ship Dock After Cholera Scare
[DW] A suspected cholera outbreak aboard the cruise ship Norwegian Dawn stranded more than 3,000 people off the East African island of Mauritius. For passengers, an end to their involuntary stopover is now in sight. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - February 26, 2024 Category: African Health Tags: Economy, Business and Finance East Africa Europe and Africa External Relations Health and Medicine Mauritius Transport and Shipping Source Type: news
Regional Director opening remarks at EMRO press briefing
22 February 2024
Dear colleagues, ladies, and gentlemen,
Good afternoon from WHO's Regional Office in Cairo, Egypt. I am honored to address you today as the newly appointed Regional Director for the Eastern Mediterranean.
As I begin my tenure, I'm deeply aware of the profound challenges our Region is facing.
In Gaza, an entire population continues to face unimaginable violence and loss with nowhere left to flee, while levels of lifesaving-aid remain grossly insufficient. In Sudan, we are witnessing the world’s largest displacement crisis, as millions of people flee in search of safety within and outside the country. ...
Source: WHO EMRO News - February 22, 2024 Category: Middle East Health Source Type: news
Odisha's first vaccine manufacturing plant to start production by May
According to the Odisha chief minister's office, the plant, at full capacity, will be the biggest vaccine-producing plant in the country. It is expected to produce over 15 vaccines for various diseases, including cholera and malaria. (Source: The Economic Times Healthcare and Biotech News)
Source: The Economic Times Healthcare and Biotech News - February 18, 2024 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news
Ethiopia: Tigray Takes Significant Steps to Prevent Communicable Diseases
[Ethiopian Herald] Tigray State Health Bureau said it has successfully controlled communicable diseases including Cholera, HIV, Tuberculosis, and Malaria and helped efforts to build a healthy community. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - February 16, 2024 Category: African Health Tags: East Africa Ethiopia Health and Medicine Source Type: news
Zimbabwe: Measures to Contain Cholera Implemented
[The Herald] Rumbidzayi Zinyuke -- The Zimbabwe Livelihoods Assessment Committee has integrated the assessment of how urban populations have been affected by non-communicable and communicable diseases such as cholera to create interventions that will prevent future outbreaks. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - February 15, 2024 Category: African Health Tags: Health and Medicine Southern Africa Zimbabwe Source Type: news
Zambia: Africa CDC Deploys 500 Community-Based Volunteers to Support Cholera Response in Zambia
[Africa CDC] Lusaka -- Africa CDC, in partnership with the Ministry of Health Zambia, announces the deployment of 500 community-based volunteers (CBVs) across Matero and Kanyama sub-districts in Lusaka, Zambia. This strategic support to the Republic of Zambia aims to bridge gaps in the cholera response efforts and healthcare services, particularly in the cholera hotspot areas, and foster a proactive community-focused approach to public health. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - February 15, 2024 Category: African Health Tags: Health and Medicine Southern Africa Zambia Source Type: news
Zimbabwe: A Year On, Cholera Kills 454 in Zimbabwe
[New Zimbabwe] Zimbabwe has recorded a total of 454 suspected and 71 confirmed deaths since the outbreak in February last year. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - February 13, 2024 Category: African Health Tags: Health and Medicine Southern Africa Zimbabwe Source Type: news
Zimbabwe: More Than a Million Vaccinated One Year into Cholera Outbreak
[The Herald] Rumbidzayi Zinyuke Senior Health Reporter (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - February 13, 2024 Category: African Health Tags: Health and Medicine Southern Africa Zimbabwe Source Type: news
Disaster after disaster: the outbreak of infectious diseases in Pakistan in the wake of 2022 floods - Alied M, Salam A, Sediqi SM, Kwaah PA, Tran L, Huy NT.
In June 2022, Pakistan witnessed catastrophic floods, affecting millions of people. The ensuing epidemics of cholera, cryptosporidiosis, rotavirus infections, generalized diarrhoea, typhoid and paratyphoid fevers, as well as the frequency of vector-borne d... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - February 12, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Disaster Preparedness Source Type: news
Angola: Angola Sets Up Field Hospital in Eastern Region to Tackle Cholera Cases
[ANGOP] Lóvua -- A field hospital with the capacity to hospitalize 20 patients was set up Thursday in Lóvua municipality, eastern Lunda-Norte province to deal with possible cases of cholera, which is ravaging the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), with which Angola shares a vast border. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - February 11, 2024 Category: African Health Tags: Angola Central Africa Health and Medicine Southern Africa Source Type: news
Africa: Cholera Outbreak in Southern Africa - a Multinational Fight
[DW] The cholera crisis has engulfed southern Africa. As cases surge across Zambia, Zimbabwe, Malawi, Mozambique, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo, lack of clean water and sanitation continue to threaten lives. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - February 9, 2024 Category: African Health Tags: Africa Central Africa Congo-Kinshasa Environment Health and Medicine Southern Africa Water and Sanitation Source Type: news
Southern Africa: Communiqué From Africa CDC On the Southern Africa Development Community (SADC) Extra Ordinary Virtual Summit of Heads of State and Government On the Cholera Situation in the Region
[Africa CDC] Summary (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - February 4, 2024 Category: African Health Tags: Africa Health and Medicine Southern Africa Source Type: news
Southern Africa: 660 000 Cases of Cholera Recorded in SADC Since 2022
[ANGOP] Luanda -- The minister of Health, Sílvia Lutucuta, said on Friday, in Luanda, that 660,000 cases of cholera have been registered since 2022, in countries that are part of the Southern African Development Community (SADC). (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - February 3, 2024 Category: African Health Tags: Angola Central Africa External Relations Health and Medicine International Organizations and Africa Southern Africa Source Type: news
Southern Africa: Communiqué of the Extra Ordinary Summit of SADC Heads of State and Government
[SADC] 1. The Extra Ordinary Summit of the Heads of State and Government of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) on the Cholera situation in the Region was held virtually and chaired by the Republic of Angola on the 2nd February, 2024. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - February 3, 2024 Category: African Health Tags: Governance Health and Medicine Southern Africa Source Type: news
