The Effutu Directorate of the Ghana Health Service has confirmed 29 of the 300 suspected cholera cases with two deaths, ...

The European Union (EU) has provided GHC 1.6 million (€100,000) in humanitarian funding to support communities affected by ...

The seasonal occurrence of cholera epidemics requires the persistence of Vibrio cholerae in aquatic environments. It has been proposed that V. cholerae persists in aquatic environments throughout ...

A study by WHO-AFRO evaluating the five-year progress of the implementation of the regional cholera prevention and control ...

A minority of patients develop acute watery diarrhea with severe dehydration. This can lead to death if left untreated. Cholera transmission is closely linked to inadequate access to clean water and ...

Cholera topped the list of disease outbreaks in Africa last year as a warming world increased both flooding and droughts in countries with the lowest health spending and fewest resources — often ...

Fourteen persons have died of cholera in the Central Region since the first case was recorded in late October 2024.

The worsening security situation in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has forced many mpox patients to flee ...

Type of transmission Example Direct contact This ... Water Dirty water can transmit many diseases, such as the cholera bacterium. Air When a person who is infected by the common cold sneezes ...

Malawi’s government launched a plan Thursday to stop cholera outbreaks by 2030. Officials say that if the government and international partners can effectively cooperate, they can greatly reduce ...

adding that they aim to empower the community to take proactive measures to protect themselves and prevent the transmission of not only cholera but all hygiene-related diseases. Mr Kassim Kule ...