A cholera outbreak in Zambia has caused more than 400 deaths and infected 10,000
A major cholera outbreak has killed more than 400 people and infected more than 10,000 in Zambia (Source: ABC News: Health)
Source: ABC News: Health - January 18, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Health Source Type: news
Malawi: Cholera Cases Soar Globally - Malawi, Haiti Deadliest Outbreaks, WHO Reports
[UN News] The world enters 2024 with soaring cases of cholera globally, with over 667,000 cases and more than 4,000 deaths last year, UN agencies have reported. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - January 17, 2024 Category: African Health Tags: Health and Medicine Malawi Southern Africa Source Type: news
Sudan: Sudan's Sennar Reports Increase in Cholera Cases
[Dabanga] Singa -- At least five people died from cholera in Sennar last week, the state Ministry of Health reported yesterday. Of the 140 patients being treated in January, 129 fully recovered, six are still being treated in isolation centres. Last year, more than 8,000 suspected cholera cases, including 224 deaths, were recorded. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - January 16, 2024 Category: African Health Tags: East Africa External Relations Health and Medicine International Organizations and Africa Sudan Source Type: news
South Africa: Two Zimbabweans Test Positive for Cholera in Limpopo
[The Herald] South Africa's Limpopo Department of Health has recorded two new cases of cholera in Zimbabweans who just returned from the Christmas and New Year Holidays. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - January 16, 2024 Category: African Health Tags: External Relations Health and Medicine International Organizations and Africa South Africa Southern Africa Zimbabwe Source Type: news
Tanzania: Number of Cholera Patients Reaches 14 in Bukoba Municipality
[Daily News] Bukoba -- Bukoba District Commissioner Erasto Sima has said 14 patients have been confirmed to have contracted cholera in Bukoba Municipality, with one reported death, so far. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - January 16, 2024 Category: African Health Tags: East Africa External Relations Health and Medicine International Organizations and Africa Tanzania Source Type: news
Southern Africa: As Cholera Cases Continue to Rise, Unicef Calls for Increased Focus On Children
[Unicef] Nairobi -- UNICEF redoubles support to concerned governments in the cholera response (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - January 16, 2024 Category: African Health Tags: Africa Children and Youth External Relations Health and Medicine International Organizations and Africa Malawi Southern Africa Zambia Zimbabwe Source Type: news
Malawi: Lilongwe Registers Cholera Case Suspected From Zambia
[Nyasa Times] A truck driver has been admitted to Bwaila Hospital in Lilongwe due to cholera suspected to have been imported from Zambia. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - January 14, 2024 Category: African Health Tags: Health and Medicine Malawi Southern Africa Zambia Source Type: news
Tanzania: Mwanza Declares Outbreak of Cholera
[Daily News] Mwanza -- MWANZA: MWANZA regional authorities have declared the outbreak of cholera disease as 28 people confirmed to contract the disease. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - January 12, 2024 Category: African Health Tags: East Africa Health and Medicine Tanzania Source Type: news
Mozambique: Cholera Misinformation Fuels Deadly Violence in Mozambique
[Agenzia Fides] Maputo -- A wave of violence has shaken northern Mozambique, where angry citizens, accusing local authorities of spreading the cholera epidemic, set fire to several homes. In a dramatic turn of events, at least three community leaders lost their lives during the riots generated by the spread of false messages, according to local authorities. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - January 12, 2024 Category: African Health Tags: Health and Medicine Mozambique Southern Africa Source Type: news
Zimbabwe: Teachers' Union Condemns 'Reckless' School Openings During Cholera Outbreak
[New Zimbabwe] The Amalgamated Rural Teachers Union of Zimbabwe (ARTUZ) has condemned the government's decision to reopen schools amid a widespread cholera outbreak, calling the move "reckless" and "disregarding the pressing concerns raised by parents and teachers." (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - January 11, 2024 Category: African Health Tags: Education Environment Health and Medicine Southern Africa Water and Sanitation Zimbabwe Source Type: news
Mozambique: 14 Cholera Disinformation Incidents Lead to Three Deaths
[AIM] Maputo -- A wave of disinformation about the causes of cholera has led to the murder of at least three community leaders and the destruction of 50 houses in the northern Mozambican province of Cabo Delgado, according to a report in Wednesday's issue of the independent newssheet "Carta de Mocambique'. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - January 10, 2024 Category: African Health Tags: Environment Health and Medicine Mozambique Southern Africa Sustainable Development Water and Sanitation Source Type: news
Zambia: Govt Asks For Help With Cholera As Schools Remain Shut During Outbreak
[allAfrica] Cape Town -- Primary and secondary learners in Zambia will resume school on January 29 - three weeks late - the education ministry announced as the country's cholera cases reaches 7,000 and 273 people are dead. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - January 10, 2024 Category: African Health Tags: Education Health and Medicine Southern Africa Zambia Source Type: news
Oral killed cholera vaccines for preventing cholera
Wednesday, January 10, 2024 (Source: Cochrane News and Events)
Source: Cochrane News and Events - January 10, 2024 Category: Information Technology Authors: Paolo Rosati Source Type: news
Zambia: Cholera - Govt Rolls Out Measures to Halt Spread
[Times of Zambia] "We can only defeat cholera if we work together. Taking measures to avoid contracting the disease is our call to action." (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - January 9, 2024 Category: African Health Tags: Governance Health and Medicine Southern Africa Zambia Source Type: news
Zambia: Lusaka Central Business District an Eyesore
[Times of Zambia] For years now the Lusaka CBD has remained unchanged and efforts by local authorities to uplift the standard have failed, resulting in some critics labelling the capital city as the hub of cholera (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - January 9, 2024 Category: African Health Tags: Environment Health and Medicine Southern Africa Urban Issues and Habitation Water and Sanitation Zambia Source Type: news
