Ethiopia: EU Provides €1 Million in Humanitarian Aid to Fight Cholera Outbreak in Ethiopia
[Addis Standard] Addis Abeba -- The European Union has announced an additional €1 million in humanitarian funding to aid Ethiopia in its response to a severe cholera outbreak. Since its emergence in August 2022, the outbreak has affected over 26,000 individuals and led to more than 370 deaths across multiple regions. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - November 13, 2023 Category: African Health Tags: East Africa Ethiopia Europe and Africa External Relations Health and Medicine Source Type: news
Healthcare Crisis Follows Deadly Earthquake in Nepal
Earthquake-affected families in Chamakhet village, Jajarkot, are staying in temporary shelters. Credit: Barsha Shah/IPSBy Tanka DhakalKATHMANDU, Nov 10 2023 (IPS) Emergency health services are grappling with the enormous challenge of providing essential care to individuals affected by a deadly earthquake that claimed the lives of at least 153 and around 400 people wounded in western Nepal.
At midnight of Friday, November 3, a powerful 6.4 magnitude earthquake struck the remote district of Jajarkot in western Nepal, and rural communities are dealing with physical destruction, loss of life, and a lack of basic healthcare ser...
Source: IPS Inter Press Service - Health - November 10, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Tanka Dhakal Tags: Asia-Pacific Development & Aid Featured Headlines Health Humanitarian Emergencies TerraViva United Nations IPS UN Bureau IPS UN Bureau Report Nepal Source Type: news
Mozambique: Government Sends Brigades to Monitor Cholera Cases
[AIM] Maputo -- The Mozambican government has sent brigades to four provinces to monitor the outbreak of diarrheal diseases at the start of the 2023-2024 rainy season. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - November 9, 2023 Category: African Health Tags: Governance Health and Medicine Mozambique Southern Africa Source Type: news
Sudan: Scores Felled By Cholera Outbreak
[Dabanga] El Gedaref / Sennar -- The Ministry of Health and Social Development in eastern Sudan's El Gedaref reported that it recorded nearly 1,000 confirmed cases of cholera out of a total of 1,187 suspected cases between August 26 and November 5, including 36 deaths. Since august, the disease spread to many more areas in the state, the Health Ministry said in a statement yesterday. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - November 7, 2023 Category: African Health Tags: East Africa Health and Medicine Sudan Source Type: news
Zimbabwe's cholera crisis fuelled by chronic water shortages
Wheelbarrows are carted around in search of community centres and churches willing to share water. (Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition)
Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition - November 1, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Africa: Bill Gates Talks Gene Drives, mRNA, and U.S.$40m in Science Funding
[allAfrica] Dakar -- Infectious diseases continue to be the major causes of deaths in Africa. The burden of existing, emerging and re-emerging diseases like malaria, tuberculosis, HIV/AIDS, cholera, schistosomiasis, lymphatic filariasis, sleeping sickness, Ebola and SARS continues to grow - and once you move beyond mortality statistics, the huge s ocio-economic costs - care and treatment, hospital admissions, productivity loss, and disability reveals a heavy toll on the continent. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - October 31, 2023 Category: African Health Tags: Africa External Relations Health and Medicine International Organizations and Africa Source Type: news
Sudan: Cholera and Dengue Fever Continue to Spread Rapidly in Sudan
[Dabanga] Sharg El Nil / Wad Madani / El Gedaref / En Nehoud -- Sudan is grappling with a growing health crisis as dengue fever and cholera continue to spread across the country. The rapid expansion of these diseases has raised serious concerns, posing significant challenges to the country's healthcare infrastructure, as new cases were reported from Khartoum, El Gezira, El Gedaref, and West Kordofan this week. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - October 30, 2023 Category: African Health Tags: East Africa Health and Medicine Sudan Source Type: news
Malawi: Malawi Launches Tipewe Cholera/Covid-19 Campaign As Part of National Community Health Day Commemorations
[WHO-AFRO] Likoma -- Malawi government has today launched the National Community Health Framework (2023-2030), the "Tipewe Cholera/Covid 19" campaign and re-launched the Human Papilloma virus vaccination drive. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - October 26, 2023 Category: African Health Tags: Coronavirus External Relations Health and Medicine International Organizations and Africa Malawi Southern Africa Source Type: news
Sudan: Health Services Deteriorate As Disease Spreads
[Dabanga] El Gedaref / Nyala / Sharg El Nil -- Cases of dengue fever* and cholera continue to spread across Sudan. The Federal Ministry of Health announced that 3,414 cases of dengue fever were recorded, including 38 deaths, in the period from April 15 to October 20 in nine states. Meanwhile, Nyala's health services have reported a "terrible" decline, as the Emergency Room of Sharg El Nil (East Nile) resumed its operations on Monday after a two-week closure. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - October 25, 2023 Category: African Health Tags: Conflict, Peace and Security East Africa Health and Medicine Sudan Source Type: news
Sudan: Health Services in Disarray - Thousands of Children Will Die By the End of This Year, Say Unicef, WHO
[Dabanga] Khartoum / El Gedaref / En Nahud -- The Coalition of Civilian Forces in Eastern Sudan has condemned the way the de facto military authorities are dealing with a worsening cholera epidemic, as well as malaria and dengue fever in El Gedaref state. UNICEF and the World Health Organization (WHO) have confirmed 65 deaths from cholera, including children, out of 1,310 cases in four states in Sudan. They warn that more than 10,000 children will die by the end of this year as a result of further attacks and disruptions to health and nutrition (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - October 24, 2023 Category: African Health Tags: East Africa Health and Medicine Sudan Source Type: news
Zimbabwe: Govt Bans Large Gatherings as it Struggles to Contain Spread of Cholera Outbreak
[allAfrica] Harare -- Concerns over a recurrence of the 2008 outbreak that prompted a "national emergency" led Zimbabwe's government to announce measures in an attempt to contain the current cholera outbreak, Al Jazeera reports. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - October 23, 2023 Category: African Health Tags: Environment Governance Health and Medicine Southern Africa Sustainable Development Water and Sanitation Zimbabwe Source Type: news
Africa: Cholera Upsurge (2021-Present)
[WHO] After decades of progress against cholera, cases are again on the rise, even in countries that had not seen the disease in years. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - October 23, 2023 Category: African Health Tags: Africa Environment Health and Medicine Water and Sanitation Source Type: news
Nigeria: Cholera Hits Ogun As 236 Cases Recorded, 12 Killed
[Vanguard] Abeokuta -- No fewer than 12 persons have lost their lives to cholera in Ogun State, in the last one month. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - October 20, 2023 Category: African Health Tags: Health and Medicine Nigeria West Africa Source Type: news
Nigeria: Cholera Outbreak Kills 12 in Ogun As Govt Threatens to Seal Houses Without Toilets
[Premium Times] Cholera spreads through contaminated food and water, reappearing periodically in countries like Nigeria where people are unable to secure access to clean drinking water and ensure adequate sanitation. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - October 20, 2023 Category: African Health Tags: Health and Medicine Nigeria West Africa Source Type: news
Zimbabwe: Cholera Update - 5030 New Cases, 139 Deaths
[263Chat] The country reported 55 new suspected cholera cases and one suspected death on Monday, bringing the total number of suspected and confirmed cases to 5,030 and the death toll to 139 since the beginning of 2023. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - October 19, 2023 Category: African Health Tags: Health and Medicine Southern Africa Zimbabwe Source Type: news
