Health

World Health Organization reports 60 per cent drop in cholera in 2018

New York: International action to drive down cholera led to a 60 per cent decrease in cases in 2018, compared with the previous year, the World Health Organization (WHO) reported on Thursday. more

Cholera prevention efforts underway to protect millions in Sudan’s Khartoum state

New York: A campaign has got underway to prevent the spread of a deadly cholera outbreak to Sudan’s populous Khartoum state, home to more than eight million people, UN medics said o ...

Amid ‘unprecedented combination’ of epidemics, UN and partners begin cholera vaccination campaign in DR Congo

New Delhi, May 28 (JEN): Amid what global Vaccine Alliance Gavi is calling an “unprecedented combination” of epidemics, the UN and partners are supporting the Government ...

WHO supports Zimbabwe with 1.4 million vaccinations to beat cholera outbreak

New York, The World Health Organization (WHO) is supporting Zimbabwe’s efforts to begin vaccinating 1.4 million people against a new deadly outbreak of cholera, beginning on Wednesd ...

Fresh Yemen hospital attack raises risk of new cholera epidemic

New York: A deadly attack on one of the last functioning hospitals in Yemen in the key port city of Hudaydah has put hundreds of thousands of people at risk and damaged efforts to prevent ...

Fresh Yemen hospital attack raises risk of new cholera epidemic

New York: A deadly attack on one of the last functioning hospitals in Yemen in the key port city of Hudaydah has put hundreds of thousands of people at risk and damaged efforts to prevent ...

Largest-ever global response to cholera targets 2 million people in Africa

New York: The largest cholera vaccination drive in history targeting two million people across Africa is underway, the United Nations announced on Monday, in response to a series of recen ...

Suspected cholera cases in Yemen surpass one million, reports UN health agency

New York, Dec 23(Just Earth News): The total number of suspected cholera cases in Yemen has crossed one million, the United Nations World Health Organization (WHO) reported on Friday, urg ...

Suspected cholera cases in crisis-torn Yemen near 900,000 – UN

New York, Nov 3(Just Earth News): Already struggling to cope with a dire humanitarian crisis, war-torn Yemen is now facing the fastest-growing cholera epidemic ever recorded, with some 895,0 ...

Suspected cholera cases complicate already complex crisis in northeast Nigeria – UN relief wing

New York, Sept 7(Just Earth News): Over 530 suspected cases of cholera, claiming some 23 lives, have been registered in Nigeria’s Borno state, the United Nations humanitarian wing reported ...