The World Health Organisation (WHO) on Friday, flagged off the Oral Cholera Vaccination (OCV) campaign, with 7,000 doses of the vaccine to kick start the programme in Bayel­sa State. The state is the ...

Ababa: Ethiopia has recorded some 59 deaths this year as of February due to ongoing malaria and cholera outbreaks in ...

South Sudan is suffering its worst cholera outbreak since it became an independent nation in 2011, the United Nations warned ...

Cholera is a bacterial infection that's caused by a microbe that thrives in water. People who become seriously ill with ...

Namibia has recorded its first case of cholera in nearly a decade, in a region bordering Angola where an outbreak has killed ...

Preventable diseases are sweeping the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). Cholera cases increased by 326, Mpox by 269, and measles by 95 people in North Kivu alone, during the last week of February, ...

In a significant move to tackle the cholera outbreak, over 20 data management professionals received specialized training in ...

Namibia has reported its first cholera case in a decade, triggering increased health measures. A recovered 55-year-old ...

The outbreak of cholera in the northern Mozambican province of Nampula, which began in October 2024, has now spread to the coastal district of Larde, according to a report on the independent ...

More than 178,000 cases of cholera have been confirmed in 16 countries in eastern and southern Africa from January 2024 to ...