The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention is planning to deploy its response team to Bayelsa, Rivers, and Akwa-Ibom states, where suspected and confirmed cases of cholera are reported.

Nyaboth Gai, a 28-year-old resident of Rubkona, county in the north of South Sudan, is grateful to be alive after her family was severely affected by cholera, an infectious disease that can quickly ...

Zimbabwe’s ministry of health and child care has announceD that the current cholera outbreak in the country has affected the districts of Bikita, Bindura, Chiredzi, Chipinge, Kariba ...

The Federal Ministry of Health of Sudan declared a cholera outbreak on 12 August 2024 after confirmation of samples from Kassala State, which has been reporting suspected cases since 22 July 2024.

The leading killer was cholera, with more than 3,700 reported deaths, followed by measles, which reportedly claimed about 3,200 lives. When looking at suspected cases, measles led and cholera ...

Malawi’s government launched a plan Thursday to stop cholera outbreaks by 2030. Officials say that if the government and international partners can effectively cooperate, they can greatly reduce ...

A suspected cholera outbreak in Nembe-Ogbolomabiri, Nembe Local Government Area of Bayelsa State, has claimed 18 lives, according to community sources. This was as the Rivers State Government also ...

The country's worst recorded cholera epidemic was in 2008 and 2009, which resulted in nearly 100,000 confirmed cases and 4,288 deaths, according to the WHO. Zimbabwe battles cholera outbreak ...

"Rivers is particularly prone to outbreaks of acute watery diarrhoea and cholera during the dry seasons." The Rivers State Government has announced the death of nine people following a suspected ...

The government says a fresh cholera outbreak has spread to eight districts, infecting nearly 300 people. Burst pipes left in disrepair for months and spewing human waste into the streets are ...

Cholera topped the list of disease outbreaks in Africa last year as a warming world increased both flooding and droughts in countries with the lowest health spending and fewest resources — often ...