Zambia: We Need to Change Our Attitudes Towards Hygiene
[Times of Zambia] THE Cholera epidemic does not seem to be letting up, going by the numbers of those that are capitulating everyday from the malady since the outbreak last January. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - January 9, 2024 Category: African Health Tags: Health and Medicine Southern Africa Zambia Source Type: news
Zimbabwe: Operation Chenesa Harare in Full Swing As Cholera Fight Hots Up
[The Herald] A major clean-up campaign, Operation Chenesa Harare, being rolled out by the Government to restore cleanliness in the once "sunshine" city is now in full swing with more than 200 tonnes of accumulated garbage cleared by yesterday midday. (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 Water and Sanitation Zimbabwe Source Type: news
Zimbabwe: Govt Heightens Garbage Collection as Cholera Cases Spike
[New Zimbabwe] The government has embarked on an operation code-named "Chenesa Harare" that will see garbage collected from the city while the treasury will provide funds to procure chemicals for water purification. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - January 7, 2024 Category: African Health Tags: Environment Health and Medicine Southern Africa Water and Sanitation Zimbabwe Source Type: news
Mozambique: Ministry Launches Vaccination Campaign Against Cholera
[AIM] Maputo -- The Mozambican Health Ministry has announced the launch, as of Monday, of a mass vaccination campaign against cholera, in the provinces most affected by the disease. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - January 7, 2024 Category: African Health Tags: Environment Health and Medicine Mozambique Southern Africa Water and Sanitation Source Type: news
Malawi: Cholera Menaces as Ministry of Health Requires Over U.S.$5 Million to Fight It
[Nyasa Times] Ministry of Health through the Presidential Task Force on Covid-19 and Cholera (PTF) said it has a deficit of over $5.9million from $18.2million required to implement cholera activities from November 2023 to October 2024. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - January 7, 2024 Category: African Health Tags: Environment Health and Medicine Malawi Southern Africa Water and Sanitation Source Type: news
Zambia: Expectant Mothers, Children Among Cholera Patients ...As Death Toll Keeps Rising
[Times of Zambia] EIGHT pregnant women and 15 children are among the 80 cholera patients admitted to Lusaka's Levy Mwanawasa Hospital, hospital superintendent Charles Muntemba has confirmed. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - January 3, 2024 Category: African Health Tags: Environment Health and Medicine Southern Africa Sustainable Development Water and Sanitation Zambia Source Type: news
Zimbabwe: Cholera Kills 2 in Glendale...Town Declared Hotspot
[The Herald] Two people from Glendale, Mashonaland Central province, have succumbed to cholera with 14 cases having been recorded so far from the mining town which has been red-flagged as a hot spot for the epidemic. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - January 2, 2024 Category: African Health Tags: Health and Medicine Southern Africa Zimbabwe Source Type: news
Zambia: Zambia Heightens Measures to Contain Cholera Outbreak
[Independent (Kampala)] Lusaka -- Zambian health authorities on Thursday announced that measures have been heightened to contain the outbreak of cholera which has now spread to 12 districts in the country. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - December 29, 2023 Category: African Health Tags: Health and Medicine Southern Africa Zambia Source Type: news
Sudan: Violence Exposes Thousands to Risk of Cholera
[United Nations in Sudan] Port Sudan -- Access to health and other basic services has been disrupted since the escalation of violence spread to Al Gezira State on 15 December 2023. The situation in Wad Madani, the capital of the state, is particularly concerning. The few hospitals that are still operational are facing a critical shortage of staff and are overcrowded as most health workers have had to flee from the town. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - December 24, 2023 Category: African Health Tags: Conflict, Peace and Security East Africa External Relations Health and Medicine International Organizations and Africa Sudan Source Type: news
Zimbabwe: 139 New Cholera Cases Reported Countrywide
[The Herald] A total of 139 new cholera cases, with more than half from Harare Province, were recorded on Thursday as Zimbabwe continues to battle the current outbreak, which has hit more than 12 000 people. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - December 23, 2023 Category: African Health Tags: Health and Medicine Southern Africa Zimbabwe Source Type: news
Mozambique: Disinformation About Cholera Leads to Destruction in Nampula
[AIM] Maputo -- Unknown individuals have destroyed nine houses in the Muite administrative post, in Mecuburi district, in the northern Mozambican province of Nampula, following a wave of disinformation about the spread of cholera, reports Radio Mozambique. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - December 20, 2023 Category: African Health Tags: Health and Medicine Mozambique Southern Africa Source Type: news
Sudan ’s Conflict Needs Civil Society Solutions
Credit: El Tayeb Siddig/Reuters via Gallo ImagesBy Andrew FirminLONDON, Dec 14 2023 (IPS) It’s recently been reported that the two main protagonists of Sudan’s current conflict – leaders of the armed forces and militia at war since April – have agreed to face-to-face talks. The Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD), an East African body, announced the potential breakthrough – although Sudan’s foreign ministry has since claimed IGAD’s statement is inaccurate, creating further uncertainty.
There’s no question that an end to the violence is urgently needed. The conflict has created a humanitarian ...
Source: IPS Inter Press Service - Health - December 14, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Andrew Firmin Tags: Africa Armed Conflicts Civil Society Crime & Justice Featured Food Security and Nutrition Headlines Health Human Rights Humanitarian Emergencies Migration & Refugees Peace TerraViva United Nations CIVICUS 2023 IPS UN Bureau Source Type: news
South Africa: Cholera Case Confirmed in Nelson Mandela Bay - Sewage Spill May Be the Cause
[Daily Maverick] A case of cholera has been confirmed in the Nelson Mandela Bay metro and while the municipality insisted that the drinking water is safe, it said on Monday that the affected woman had been exposed to sewage from a large sewage spill in her yard. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - December 12, 2023 Category: African Health Tags: Environment Health and Medicine South Africa Southern Africa Water and Sanitation Source Type: news
Zimbabwe: Disaster At the Intersection of Cholera and Climate Change
[Global Press Journal] Harare, Zimbabwe -- Cholera outbreaks used to occur in five-year cycles, but recent decades have seen annual surges. This year, Zimbabwe recorded more than 7,000 cases and declared a state of emergency. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - December 12, 2023 Category: African Health Tags: Climate Environment Health and Medicine Southern Africa Zimbabwe Source Type: news
Mozambique: Disinformation On Cholera Causes Death of Four in Montepuez
[AIM] Maputo -- Disinformation about cholera has caused the death of four community leaders who have been murdered in Nacuca village, in Montepuez district, in the northern Mozambican province of Cabo Delgado. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - December 11, 2023 Category: African Health Tags: Health and Medicine Mozambique Southern Africa Source Type: news
