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 …
Zambia’s President Edgar Lungu has dispatched the military to help fight a cholera outbreak, which has killed 41 people in the capital, Lusaka, and affected more than 1,500 others since September. In a Facebook post late on Friday, Lungu said “all three wings of the Defence Force” had been deployed …
Panic swept the labour sheds at Belagere in Varthur where a cholera-like epidemic has claimed the lives of three and left 19 ill. Agitated labourers locked up BBMP medical staff camping at the sheds to screen the sick, while human rights activists and lawyers accused the builders who employed the …
According to the district health inspector Emmanuel Ekodeu, out of the 309 villages in the district, only 143 have toilet facilities and 64.3 percent have after toilet hand washing facilities. 166 villages in Soroti district are on the verge of being hit by diseases related to poor faucal disposal due …
The World Health Organization, WHO says the Cholera outbreak that has killed 15 people and made 547 sick in Lusaka is expected to grow further as the rainy season starts. “The coming of the rainy season, coupled with inadequate water supply and sanitation, increases the risk of outbreaks in Lusaka …
In a recent study, a group of researchers have developed a high-dose cholera vaccine for controlling outbreaks. The vaccine, named Vaxchora, is a single-dose, live-attenuated oral vaccine. It was approved in 2016 by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for use in adults (18-64 years). The scientists assessed the …
The UN health agency said Sunday it is suffering a funding gap of 5 million U.S. dollars required to maintain its first line health response operations in Somalia. World Health Organization (WHO) said in a statement issued in Mogadishu that the funding will also help the agency maintain its national …
Two new cases of cholera have been reported in Kwale County, health officials say. The victims have been admitted to Kinango Hospital. County Health Executive Francis Gwama said specimen from the two patients were taken for further analysis. Mr Gwama urged public to help eradicate the disease by maintaining high …
Copperbelt Province has recorded its first cholera case in Ndola district. Copperbelt Permanent Secretary Elias Kamanga announced that the first case of cholera has been recorded in Ndola's Masala area. He however believes the case was as a result of a transfering victim who may have come into contact with …
The seventh cholera pandemic has heavily affected Africa, although the origin and continental spread of the disease remain undefined. We used genomic data from 1070 Vibrio cholerae O1 isolates, across 45 African countries and over a 49-year period, to show that past epidemics were attributable to a single expanded lineage. …
An intense cholera outbreak has killed some 1 562 people in Eastern and Southern Africa since the beginning of the year. The deaths have been recorded from 104 095 outbreaks in Angola, Burundi, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Rwanda, Somalia, South Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia and Zimbabwe. Somalia accounts for 75 percent …
More cholera cases have been reported in Lusaka with the Ministry of Health placing the city on high alert. The cholera cases have now risen to 11 from nine. The initial cholera cases recorded in Chipata, Mazyopa, Kabanana and SOS Village stood at nine, according to the Ministry of Health …
DAKAR, SENEGAL - Health workers in northeast Nigeria said Tuesday that they were striving to contain a cholera outbreak that's sweeping through camps for those uprooted by Boko Haram. More than 2,600 people have been infected and at least 48 have died so far in Borno state, heart of an …
Efforts to contain a cholera outbreak that has struck more than 1,000 people in refugee camps in northeast Nigeria are being hampered because people are failing to report suspected cases to authorities, a United Nations official said. Health officials in Borno, the northeastern state at the epicentre of both an …
KINSHASA - More than 500 people have died so far in a cholera epidemic that is sweeping the Democratic Republic of Congo, the World Health Organization (WHO) said. Outbreaks of the water-borne disease occur regularly in Congo, mainly due to poor sanitation and a lack of access to clean drinking …
The World Health Organization (WHO) on Saturday sounded alarm over the spread of a cholera in July, which has killed 528 people and now affects 20 of the 26 provinces in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. “The epidemic of cholera in the Democratic Republic of Congo reaches worrying proportions …
Thirty-five people have now died during a cholera outbreak in northeast Nigeria, up from 21 at the start of the week, local health officials said on Sunday. “The number of deaths reported… is 35. The total number of suspected cholera cases is now 1,283,” the Borno state health ministry said …
Cholera is spreading fast through camps housing people displaced by Boko Haram militants in northeast Nigeria's Borno state, the United Nations said on Wednesday. Most deaths were recorded in Muna Garage camp on the outskirts of state capital Maiduguri, the epicentre of the Islamist insurgency that has also destabilised neighbouring …
Sierra Leone will vaccinate half a million people against cholera as thousands risk infection in emergency shelters with limited access to clean water and sanitation, an official said three weeks after one of Africa's worst mudslides. An estimated 500 people were killed when a mountain collapsed on the outskirts of …
Darfur — Eight people died of cholera at Dauo and Fina areas of Darfur's East Jebel Marra on Monday and Tuesday, while a medical isolation centre in the area recorded more than 150 cases from Saturday to Tuesday, volunteers working in East Jebel Marra reported to Radio Dabanga. This was …
The Federal Government, through the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), has confirmed 319 suspected cases of cholera outbreak and 20 deaths in Borno State. It has also deployed a rapid response team to curtail the spread. The National Coordinator (NC)/Chief Executive Officer (CEO) OF NCDC, Dr. Chikwe Ihekweazu, yesterday …
