Cholera

Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding cholera outbreak in Rourkela, Odisha due to rupture in water supply pipes, 22/12/2023

Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of In re: News item appearing in The Hindu dated 21.12.2023 titled “6 dead, 1000 infected in suspected cholera outbreak in Rourkela dated 22/12/2023. The original application is registered in suo-moto exercise of power on the basis of the news item …

Sudan: Cholera Infections Growing Among Children in Sudan's El Gedaref

El Gedaref — Health sources from Sudan's El Gedaref state revealed the death of a child and infection of several others with cholera on Tuesday and Wednesday. Contaminated drinking water is the suspected source. The medics told Radio Dabanga that El Gallabat East locality recorded the death of a child …

Sudan: New Cholera Cases in El Gedaref, in Red Sea 'Under Control'

El Gedaref / Port Sudan — Health workers in eastern Sudan reported that four new cases of cholera have emerged in several areas. Red Sea state said that the outbreak has been brought under control, praising the activities of civil society organisations. Basunda, El Hamra and El Baburi in El …

Chiengi cholera cases rise to 11

THE number of cholera cases recorded in Kafulwe fishing village in Chiengi district in Luapula Province have risen from four to 11. The vast and densely populated fishing and trading enclave is on the shore of Lake Mweru whose opposite shoreline is in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Minister of …

Sudan: Cholera Cases Rising Again in Eastern Sudan's El Gedaref

El Gedaref — The rate of cholera infection which is claimed by Sudan's government to be acute watery diarrhoea has resumed rising again in El Gedaref after it has seen a drop down over the past period. A health source told Radio Dabanga that the isolation ward at El Gedaref …

30 Cholera-related cases, 13 deaths reported in Jonglei

A state hospital official said primary tests conducted in its laboratory have shown the disease could be Cholera. The sample was sent to Juba for further specialized testing to confirm the disease before an outbreak is declared. Cholera is an infectious disease characterized by intense vomiting and profuse watery diarrhea …

Oral cholera vaccine coverage during an outbreak and humanitarian crisis, Iraq, 2015

During November–December 2015, as part of the 2015 cholera outbreak response in Iraq, the Iraqi Ministry of Health targeted ≈255,000 displaced persons >1 year of age with 2 doses of oral cholera vaccine (OCV). All persons who received vaccines were living in selected refugee camps, internally displaced persons camps, and …

Waterborne diseases claim 30 lives; affect over 6,000

Pune: Water borne diseases like diarrhoea, cholera, typhoid and viral hepatitis affected as many as 6,012 people in the state while claiming 30 lives in 2016, against the 5,175 cases and seven deaths recorded last year, states the latest report of the state health department. A sizeable number of children …

Tanzania: Mwanza Residents Warned of Possible Outbreak of Cholera

Mwanza — Health authorities have warned residents of the possible spread of cholera in the region. The warning has been issued following reports that some neighbouring regions have reported cholera outbreaks. Given the contagious nature of the disease, health officials believe if people are not careful, it is just a …

Biomarkers of environmental enteropathy are positively associated with immune responses to an oral cholera vaccine in Bangladeshi children

Environmental enteropathy (EE) is a poorly understood condition that refers to chronic alterations in intestinal permeability, absorption, and inflammation, which mainly affects young children in resource-limited settings. Recently, EE has been linked to suboptimal oral vaccine responses in children, although immunological mechanisms are poorly defined. The objective of this study …

Kenya: Disease Fears As Kirinyaga Towns Hit By Water Shortage

An acute shortage of water has hit three major towns in Kirinyaga County, raising fears of disease. Kerugoya, Kutus and Ngurubani residents said they have to fetch cooking and drinking water from the contaminated Thiba and Rwamuthambi rivers. They said an outbreak of typhoid, cholera and diarrhoea was likely in …

Real-time projections of cholera outbreaks through data assimilation and rainfall forecasting

Although treatment for cholera is well-known and cheap, outbreaks in epidemic regions still exact high death tolls mostly due to the unpreparedness of health care infrastructures to face unforeseen emergencies. In this context, mathematical models for the prediction of the evolution of an ongoing outbreak are of paramount importance. Here, …

Major shift of toxigenic V. cholerae O1 from Ogawa to Inaba serotype isolated from clinical and environmental samples in Haiti

In October of 2010, an outbreak of cholera was confirmed in Haiti for the first time in more than a century. A single clone of toxigenic Vibrio cholerae O1 biotype El Tor serotype Ogawa strain was implicated as the cause. Five years after the onset of cholera, in October, 2015, …

After getting past deadly cholera bout, Central Africa Republic now logs 10 monkeypox deaths

BANGUI – At least 10 people have died in an outbreak of monkeypox in western Central African Republic, a country already hit by cholera, the health ministry announced Wednesday. “We have logged 10 deaths out of 19 patients,” in the southern province of Basse-Kotto, said Dr. Joachim Tenguere of the …

South Korea confirms first cholera case in 15-years

Seoul, Aug 23 (IANS) The first case of cholera in the last 15-years has detected in South Korea, health authorities confirmed on Tuesday. A 59-year-old man from Gwangju city, about 270 km (168 miles) south of Seoul, was diagnosed with the deadly disease that kills thousands of people each year …

UN admits role in Haiti's deadly cholera outbreak

The outbreak has killed about 10,000 people in Haiti since 2010 The UN has finally acknowledged it played a role in an outbreak of cholera in Haiti in 2010 that has since killed about 10,000 people in the country. Scientific studies have shown that Nepalese UN troops were the source …

Cholera returns, mapping of endemic villages begins

With cholera outbreak reported in Rayagada district, the Health Department on Monday started a mapping of the endemic villages in Kalyansinghpur and Kashipur blocks where local tribal youths would be engaged to step up IEC activities to contain the menace. The IEC activities would be carried out in tribal dialects …

Cholera kills13, over 190 hospitalised in S. Sudan

At least 13 people have died and 190 hospitalised following a recent outbreak of Cholera in various parts of South Sudan, the health ministry disclosed. “The Cholera cases were reported and recorded in Duk County of Jonglei State, Juba County of Jubek State and Terekeka County of Terekeka State since …

Malawi: 13 Die of Cholera in Karonga As the Disease Affects 235 Others

Mozambique: Bankrupting Mozambique - From Poster Child to Cautionary Tale Health officials in Karonga are blaming fishermen for the continued cases of the deadly cholera disease in the lakeshore district. Lewis Tukula, a district environmental health officer said there are continued cases of cholera in some areas in the district …

Dengue cases go up 8 times, cholera 7 in 5 years: Report

According to the report, every year, at least 6,688 people die due to tuberculosis and 1,18,093 suffer from diarrhoea. Dengue cases have gone up eight times and cholera cases seven times in the past five years, a white paper released by the Praja Foundation on Thursday revealed. It further shows …

How Dar’s ‘off the grid’ families get clean water supply

The projects engineered by the Ministry of Water and Irrigation through Dar es Salaam Water and Sewerage Authority (DAWASA) are part of an initiative towards increasing water supply coverage notably in areas with no water distribution networks. However, besides becoming beneficial to over 300,000 people, the projects face serious low …

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