Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Malawi cholera death toll passes 1,000
A cholera outbreak in Malawi has killed more than 1,000 people, the Health Ministry said on Tuesday as the country ran out of vaccines.
Jan 24, 2023
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News tagged with cholera vaccine
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Climate change fuelling cholera surge: WHO
Climate change is fuelling a global cholera upsurge, the WHO said Friday, warning the situation was compounded by vaccine shortages and will only worsen unless it is stamped out soon.
Dec 16, 2022
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Haiti receives first shipment of cholera vaccines: WHO
Crisis-wracked Haiti has received a first shipment of cholera vaccines to help battle the intensifying outbreak of the deadly disease, the World Health Organization said Tuesday.
Dec 13, 2022
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Syria receives cholera vaccines ahead of inoculation drive
Syria has received two million doses of cholera vaccines, the first to reach the country during a months-long outbreak, the country's health ministry said Wednesday.
Nov 30, 2022
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'Worrying upsurge' in cholera worldwide: WHO
After years of decline, the planet is now witnessing a "worrying upsurge" in cholera outbreaks, the World Health Organization warned Friday.
Sep 30, 2022
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Spike in cholera in Cameroon kills 29 in one week
Twenty-nine people have died from cholera in Cameroon in the space of a week, the health minister said on Friday.
Mar 25, 2022
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A potentially longer-lasting cholera vaccine
Cholera, a diarrheal disease caused by the highly transmissible bacteria Vibrio cholerae, kills tens of thousands of people each year worldwide. Current vaccines last only 2–5 years, and they don't work very well in young ...
Feb 16, 2022
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WHO anti-cholera vaccination campaign begins in Sudan
The World Health Organization has launched a vaccination campaign in two southeastern provinces in Sudan to contain a cholera outbreak following flash floods that swept the country in late August.
Oct 11, 2019
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Mozambique records first cholera cases after Cyclone Kenneth
Fourteen cholera cases have been confirmed in northern Mozambique following floods caused by a powerful cyclone that battered the country last week, provincial authorities said Friday.
May 3, 2019
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In Yemen, corruption worsened world's worst cholera outbreak
In the summer of 2017, a plane chartered by the United Nations idled on the tarmac at an airport in the Horn of Africa as officials waited for final clearance to deliver half a million doses of cholera vaccine to Yemen. Amid ...
Apr 8, 2019
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