Southern Africa: SADC Recommends Joint Cholera Response Plans
[ANGOP] Luanda -- The Heads of State and Government of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) Friday recommended the implementation of a joint cholera response plan that encompasses natural disasters, climatic effects and to control and tackle the spread of the disease in member states. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - February 3, 2024 Category: African Health Tags: Angola Central Africa Governance Health and Medicine Southern Africa Source Type: news
Southern Africa: SADC Leaders Meet Over Cholera
[The Herald] Sadc will today hold a virtual extraordinary summit of Heads of State and Government to discuss the cholera outbreak in the region. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - February 2, 2024 Category: African Health Tags: Environment Health and Medicine Southern Africa Water and Sanitation Source Type: news
Somalia Floods Trigger Cholera Outbreak, Rescue Committee Says
(Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - February 1, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Sudan: Cholera and Dengue Fever Rates Increase in North Kordofan
[Dabanga] El-Obeid -- The North Kordofan Health Ministry yesterday reported an increase in cholera and dengue fever patients. At least 47 cholera cases and 817 dengue fever cases have been recorded this month. The supply of medicines in the state is sufficient for one month. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - February 1, 2024 Category: African Health Tags: East Africa Health and Medicine Sudan Source Type: news
Climate Change Behind Africa Cholera Surge, Top Health Officials Say
The Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention, the continent’s chief health advisory body, has tied the worst outbreak of cholera in three years to climate change, saying adverse weather is raising the risk of this disease faster than in the rest of the world.
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That’s as floods in Democratic Republic of Congo — and across much of southern Africa — stretch already fragile health systems, limit access to safe water and sanitation and force people from their homes.
“Cholera in Africa is a climate change issue,” said Jean Kaseya...
Source: TIME: Health - January 31, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Godfrey Marawanyika / Bloomberg Tags: Uncategorized bloomberg wire climate change healthscienceclimate Source Type: news
Southern Africa: SADC Heads of State to Hold Extraordinary Summit on Cholera Situation in Region
[allAfrica] Johannesburg -- In some countries in Southern Africa, including Zambia and Zimbabwe, cholera cases are on the rise. In 2023, cholera outbreaks occurred in several Southern African countries, with Malawi experiencing one of the deadliest outbreaks in 10 years. Over 56,000 cases were reported with over 1,700 deaths. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - January 31, 2024 Category: African Health Tags: External Relations Health and Medicine International Organizations and Africa Southern Africa Zambia Zimbabwe Source Type: news
Zambia: Zambia Races to Curb Fast-Spreading Cholera Outbreak
[WHO-AFRO] As the cholera outbreak in Zambia continues to expand rapidly, efforts are being stepped up to halt the spread of disease and save lives. A vaccination campaign is currently underway targeting 1.5 million people, including children, health workers and people at high risk of infection in the worst affected areas. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - January 31, 2024 Category: African Health Tags: External Relations Health and Medicine International Organizations and Africa Southern Africa Zambia Source Type: news
Zimbabwe: Saving Zimbabwe From Cholera, One Vaccine at a Time
[The Herald] This week, the country launched a massive oral cholera vaccination campaign during which at least 2,3 million Zimbabweans will receive a single dose. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - January 31, 2024 Category: African Health Tags: Environment Health and Medicine Southern Africa Water and Sanitation Zimbabwe Source Type: news
Zimbabwe: Zimbabwe Launches Door-to-Door Oral Cholera Vaccination Campaign as Cases Surge
[New Zimbabwe] Zimbabwe has rolled out an Oral Cholera Vaccination (OCV) campaign targeting people above the age of one. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - January 30, 2024 Category: African Health Tags: Environment Health and Medicine Southern Africa Water and Sanitation Zimbabwe Source Type: news
Southern Africa: SADC Calls for Team Work to Fight Cholera
[The Herald] SADC Governments have been urged to adopt a collaborative approach in implementing measures to deal with the current cholera outbreak affecting the region. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - January 30, 2024 Category: African Health Tags: Environment Health and Medicine Southern Africa Water and Sanitation Source Type: news
Zimbabwe: Zimbabwe Welcomes National Cholera Vaccination Launch
[The Herald] Zimbabweans have welcomed the deployment of the oral cholera vaccine which began yesterday in various districts in Harare, Manicaland and Masvingo provinces. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - January 30, 2024 Category: African Health Tags: Environment Health and Medicine Southern Africa Water and Sanitation Zimbabwe Source Type: news
Zambia: Africa CDC Support On Cholera Outbreak in Zambia
[Africa CDC] As cholera cases surge in Southern Africa's member states, particularly in Zambia and Zimbabwe, the Africa CDC has been following and supporting the response efforts. In Zambia, a delegation of the Africa CDC led by the Ag. Deputy Director General Dr Ahmed Ogwell Ouma, on behalf of Director General H.E. Dr Jean Kaseya, conducted high-level engagements with the Zambian Minister of Health, Honourable Sylvia Masebo, to assess the cholera situation and identify critical gaps for continuous support. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - January 26, 2024 Category: African Health Tags: Health and Medicine Southern Africa Zambia Source Type: news
Zimbabwe: Zimbabwe Hopeful UN Cholera Vaccines Will Contain Outbreak
[VOA] Harare, Zimbabwe -- Zimbabwean health authorities -- battling a cholera outbreak that has infected about 20,000 people and killed more than 370 -- say they hope donated vaccines will ease the spread of waterborne disease now affecting 60 of the country's 64 districts. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - January 25, 2024 Category: African Health Tags: Health and Medicine Southern Africa Zimbabwe Source Type: news
Zimbabwe: Govt Meets Media to Tackle Topical Issues
[The Herald] THE Government will next Monday roll-out a massive cholera vaccination programme to prevent the spread of the diarrhoeal disease that has affected more than 20 000 people since its outbreak in February last year. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - January 25, 2024 Category: African Health Tags: Health and Medicine Press and Media Southern Africa Zimbabwe Source Type: news
Africa: UN Concerned By Spread of Cholera to 10 African Countries
[VOA] Harare, Zimbabwe -- The U.N.'s Children's Fund expressed alarm this week about a cholera outbreak in Africa that has spread to at least 10 countries, with the situation in Zambia and Zimbabwe "very serious." (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - January 19, 2024 Category: African Health Tags: Africa Environment External Relations Health and Medicine International Organizations and Africa Water and Sanitation Source Type: news
