Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Zimbabwe declares cholera outbreak after 20 deaths
A cholera emergency has been declared in Zimbabwe's capital after 20 people have died, the health minister said Tuesday.
Sep 11, 2018
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Cholera claims 18 lives in Zimbabwe: official
At least 18 people have died over the past week in the Zimbabwe capital Harare and scores fallen ill after a cholera and typhoid outbreak in some areas, authorities said Monday.
Sep 10, 2018
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
UN agency warns of another possible Yemen cholera outbreak
The U.N. children's agency warned Wednesday of the potential for another cholera outbreak in war-torn Yemen after airstrikes hit water facilities and other civilian infrastructure in the port city of Hodeida.
Aug 01, 2018
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Researchers find answers to growing typhoid problem in the Pacific
University of Otago researchers have been key partners in a study which has found poor sanitation facilities appear to be a major source of Salmonella Typhi, the cause of typhoid fever, in Fiji.
Jun 25, 2018
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Pediatrics
Sanitation improves health but not stunted growth in Bangladesh trial
Despite mounting research over the last decade linking poor sanitation to stunted growth in children, a new study found that children born into housing compounds with improvements in drinking water quality, sanitation and ...
Jan 30, 2018
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Health
Global kids study: More trees, less disease
A University of Vermont-led study of 300,000 children in 35 nations says kids whose watersheds have greater tree cover are less likely to experience diarrheal disease, the second leading cause of death for children under ...
Oct 09, 2017
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Cholera: the plague of the poor
Cholera, which has hit war-ravaged Yemen with 100,000 suspected cases and 789 deaths, is a highly contagious waterborne bacterial disease which can kill in a matter of hours.
Jun 08, 2017
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Zimbabwe bans street food over typhoid, cholera fears
Zimbabwe has banned street food vendors in the capital Harare after a typhoid outbreak blamed on poor sanitation and erratic water supplies.
Jan 06, 2017
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Dirty job shows why cholera still kills in Haiti
The men strip off their clothes, wrap themselves in rags and plug their nostrils with tobacco to hide the stench. They squeeze into a cramped outhouse with a reeking pit to scoop buckets of human excrement with their bare ...
Dec 28, 2016
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Nigeria on 'relentless' drive to eradicate polio
Nigeria will not relent in its campaign to stamp out polio until the crippling disease is completely eradicated, President Muhammadu Buhari said Monday.
Oct 26, 2015
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