Darfur and eastern Chad are witnessing an alarming rise in cholera cases, with a sharp rise in the number of deaths and infections, especially within camps for internally displaced people and refugees ...

The top U.N. human rights body has accused both the Sudanese Armed Forces and Darfur’s Rapid Support Forces (RSF) of ...

As Nigeria battles multiple public health threats, cholera, an age-old waterborne infection, has remained a recurring problem. Over 1,300 suspected cases and 34 deaths have been reported across 30 ...

Makeshift hotels operating in unsanitary conditions at Kibuye Market, Kisumu County on May 7. This is despite a closure order by the county government over cholera outbreak fears. At the break of dawn ...

Meanwhile, 1,307 suspected cases of cholera have been reported across 30 states and 98 Local Government Areas (LGAs), with 34 associated deaths, as of epidemiological week 16 ending April 20, 2025.

Cholera is a deadly diarrhoeal disease spread through ingesting contaminated food and water. Entirely preventable, it can kill within hours if a severe case is left untreated. The World Health ...

Cholera is typically treated by replenishing the body's fluids, salts, sugars and minerals that are lost through diarrhoea. Rehydration solutions and plenty of fluids are usually the go-to treatment.

Cholera, a disease caused by Vibrio cholerae, remains a pervasive public health threat, particularly in regions with inadequate water sanitation and hygiene ...

Weeks after the global public health community sounded the alarm on the shortage of cholera vaccine, the World Health Organization moved to prequalify a new cholera vaccine last month. The vaccine ...

A cholera outbreak in Zimbabwe is suspected of killing more than 150 people and infecting more than 8,000.

Since the start of the latest outbreak, Zimbabwe’s Health Ministry has recorded 8,087 suspected cholera cases and 1,241 laboratory-confirmed cases.