Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Zimbabwe in huge cholera vaccination drive after 49 deaths
Zimbabwe has embarked on a massive vaccination drive as it battles a cholera outbreak that has killed at least 49 people.
Oct 3, 2018
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Niger cholera outbreak claims 67 lives
A cholera outbreak in Niger has killed 67 people since July out of thousands of recorded cases, the UN said Thursday, citing health ministry figures.
Sep 27, 2018
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Cholera death toll climbs to 45 in Zimbabwe
At least 45 people have been killed by cholera in Zimbabwe in the past three weeks, the World Health Organization (WHO) said Tuesday, describing the strain as "multi-drug resistant".
Sep 25, 2018
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Cholera outbreak in Nigeria claims nearly 100 lives
A cholera outbreak in north-eastern Nigeria has claimed nearly 100 lives over the past two weeks, the United Nations said Saturday.
Sep 22, 2018
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Raw sewage in streets: Cholera is Zimbabwe's latest crisis
Raw sewage flows freely in some streets of Zimbabwe's capital, posing a deadly challenge to the recently elected president who has promised the troubled country a new dawn.
Sep 22, 2018
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Fear and anger as cholera strikes again in Zimbabwe
Sixty-year-old Emma Zhakata winces, struggling to hold back tears as she relates how her husband, one of 32 cholera victims in Zimbabwe, died within hours of falling ill.
Sep 21, 2018
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Toll from cholera outbreak in Lake Chad region now more than 500
More than 500 people have died from cholera in the Lake Chad region since the start of the year, representing the worst outbreak to hit the area in four years, the UN said on Wednesday.
Sep 19, 2018
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Cholera death toll climbs to 28 in Zimbabwe
The death toll in Zimbabwe's cholera outbreak has risen to 28, state media said Sunday, as the health minister announced new antibiotics were being used after the disease strain was found to be resistant to some drugs.
Sep 16, 2018
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Cholera outbreak has killed 55 in Niger: UN
A cholera outbreak in Niger has killed 55 people and sickened thousands near the country's border with Nigeria since July, the UN has said, warning that the disease "has spread" to new regions.
Sep 13, 2018
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Zimbabwe cholera deaths rise to 25 as WHO steps up response
The death toll from a cholera outbreak in Zimbabwe has risen to 25, the government said Thursday as the World Health Organisation warned that the water-borne disease is spreading rapidly in the capital Harare.
Sep 13, 2018
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