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Africa's cholera death toll tops 6,700 in 2025: Africa CDC
According to the Africa CDC, both the number of cholera-affected countries and reported deaths in 2025 have already exceeded last year's figures.
Nearly 100 people died of cholera in less than a month in Sudan's...
7 March 2025 9:13 PM ISTThe international medical aid group, also known as Médecins Sans Frontières, said Thursday that 2,700 people have contracted the disease since Feb 20,...
A multinational fight: Cholera outbreak in southern Africa
10 Feb 2024 3:00 PM ISTDoctors have criticized a lack of awareness about preventive measures among communities.
WHO 'overstretched' in response to increasing health emergencies
23 May 2023 5:08 PM ISTProfessor Walid Ammar, chair of a committee reviewing the WHO's emergency response, said funding and staffing gaps were widening in the face of...
South Africa on high alert over imported cholera infections
24 May 2023 8:44 AM ISTThe recent cholera outbreak in Hammanskraal, north of Pretoria, South Africa’s administrative capital, has resulted in 15 fatalities and more than 90...
SC cites 18th-19th century Rath Yatra which triggered cholera, plague
22 Jun 2020 9:39 PM ISTIn context of health hazards associated with Rath Yatra in Puri against the backdrop of coronavirus pandemic, the Supreme Court on Monday said that it...
6 cholera cases reported in DRC after volcano eruption
31 May 2021 11:39 AM ISTAt least six cases of cholera were reported among the displaced people in Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) who were forced to evacuate after the...