cholera

CNN  —  A deadly resurgence of cholera in Haiti has claimed 136 lives so far, according to the Caribbean nation’s health ministry. Eighty-nine of the people who…

A medic treats a baby at a medical center for cholera cases in the Syrian town of Darkush, on the outskirts of the northwestern province of Idlib on October 22. — AFPBEIRUT: Human Rights Watch Monday accused the government in…

Rawan is turning 11 months old. But instead of celebrating, she and her mother, Amini Walid Aysa, are fighting off a cholera infection in a hospital in Akkar, in northern Lebanon."All the water is gone from her system," Amini, 30, told CBC …

BHANNINE (LEBANON): Shadia Ahmedpanicked as rainwater flooded her shack one night, drenching her seven children. The next morning, the kids were seized by vomiting, diarrhea and other symptoms. After an aid group administered tests for…

The first case was reported to WHO by the Ministry of Public Health on 6 October, and there have been 381 laboratory-confirmed cases. While the outbreak was initially confined to northern districts, it has spread rapidly said WHO’s office…

Racing against time, a yellow tuk-tuk collected nine-year-old Salaeh Mohammed from an internally displaced persons camp and rushed him to a cholera treatment centre in the northeast Nigerian city of Maiduguri.The three-wheeler pulled up to…

“I visited several cholera treatment centres in the most affected neighbourhoods of Port-au-Prince and saw heart-breaking scenes; children who were so malnourished, it was difficult to insert a drip into their arms or legs; adults who were…

The International Coordinating Group (ICG), is made up of members from the World Health Organization (WHO), UN Children’s Fund UNICEF, Médecins Sans Frontières, and the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies.…

QUB ELIAS: Syrian refugees in displacement camps are falling victim to a cholera outbreak in Lebanon, already suffering from an economic meltdown that has slashed access to clean water and strained hospitals. Lebanon recorded its first…

<!-- -->Shortage of cholera vaccines has forced a shift to a one-dose strategy, the WHO said. (File)Geneva: A shortage of cholera vaccines has forced a temporary shift to a one-dose strategy, from the usual two, in campaigns to fight…