is particularly relevant to Ghana, which has recently reported 10 new cases of cholera. According to the World Health Organisation ( WHO), cholera is an acute diarrheal disease that can kill ...

"The vaccines do not replace other key interventions for cholera prevention and control. It is a complementary measure to reduce the transmission of cholera in "hot spot" areas, and it must be ...

Experts have used a cutting-edge computational approach to discover the genetic factors that make the bacteria behind cholera ...

The International Organization for Migration (IOM) has intensified its response to a cholera outbreak that has emerged in ...

THE reappearance of cholera in an epidemic form in European countries after a comparatively long absence is a matter of considerable concern, not only on account of the severity of the existing ...

In June 1832, two events stirred up political conflict in Lower Canada: the Place d'Armes by-election, which turned into a tragedy costing several lives, and the cholera epidemic. At the beginning ...

“It is just targeted at seven affected LGAs in Lagos State, where we strategies to reach schools, marketplaces, motor parts and the communities with cholera prevention methods and commodities.

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention has recorded 14,237 cases of cholera across 35 states and the Federal Capital Territory, spanning 339 local government areas as of October 13 ...

“As of October 13, 2024, a total of 14,237 cases of cholera have been reported across 35 states and the FCT, spanning 339 local government areas. Sadly, 378 lives have been lost, resulting in a ...

The risk of cholera spreading in Lebanon is "very high", the World Health Organization warned Wednesday, after a case of the acute and potentially deadly diarrheal infection was detected in the ...

During a cholera outbreak in 1968 in villages east of Dhaka, two young public health specialists began giving desperately ill patients liter after liter of a simple formula: salt and sugar ...

But what is the logic of allowing the vaccination of children for polio today, when tomorrow they will be threatened by cholera or another disease? Or struck by bombs or other weapons? Or subject ...