Cholera

African cholera cases falling but floods increase risk – WHO

Brazzaville – Cholera cases are falling across Africa, the World Health Organisation said on Thursday, but the number of... Read more

3 Mar, 2023

Johannesburg – South African health authorities on Thursday announced the country’s first cholera death in more than a decade.... Read more

24 Feb, 2023

Brazzaville – The deadliest cholera outbreak in Malawi’s history has killed at least 1 210 people, while vaccines remain... Read more

10 Feb, 2023

Lilongwe – A cholera outbreak in Malawi has killed more than 1 000 people, the Health Ministry said on... Read more

25 Jan, 2023

Samuel Kariuki, Kenya Medical Research Institute Malawi is facing its worst cholera outbreak in two decades. The outbreak started... Read more

15 Jan, 2023

Lilongwe – Schools in Malawi’s two largest cities are to remain closed until further notice due to a worsening... Read more

3 Jan, 2023

Lilongwe – Cholera has killed 214 people in Malawi but infections from one of the country’s worst outbreaks in... Read more

10 Nov, 2022

Port-Au-Prince – When humanitarian officials in Haiti try to describe their concerns over a new, fast-spreading cholera epidemic, they... Read more

24 Oct, 2022

Nairobi – Six regions in Kenya have been hit with cholera outbreaks including the capital Nairobi, the health ministry... Read more

21 Oct, 2022

Lilongwe – Malawi is asking the UN for more cholera vaccines, fearing heavy rains could worsen an outbreak of... Read more

13 Oct, 2022