Travel to Colombia has gone from high-risk to ultra-fun
The dawn rises high in the Eastern Andes, over the giant bowl of Bogotá city. On tree-lined streets of red-brick buildings, ...
The Punch Newspapers24d
FCT sets up cholera emergency operations centre
It said while activating the Cholera Emergency Operations Centre over the weekend, the Permanent Secretary of the FCT Health Services and Environment Secretariat, Dr Baba Gana Adam, emphasised ...
Medical Xpress26d
Cholera confirmed in Lebanon, risk of spread 'very high': WHO
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 ...
The Punch Newspapers24d
Cholera death toll hits 378, Mpox 102 – NCDC
He, however, said the centre was working with stakeholders to mitigate the spread. “As of October 13, 2024, a total of 14,237 cases of cholera have been reported across 35 states and the FCT ...
Daily Post Nigeria25d
Cholera death toll hits 378 with 14,237 confirmed cases across Nigeria
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, NCDC, says the death toll from the cholera outbreak has risen to 378 while 14, 237 persons have been infected with the disease since the beginning of the year.
The Straits Times25d
Cholera confirmed in Lebanon, risk of spread 'very high': WHO
GENEVA - The risk of cholera spreading in Lebanon is “very high”, the World Health Organization warned on Oct 16, after a case of the acute and potentially deadly diarrhoeal infection was ...
The Washington Post16d
Richard Cash, championed ‘simple’ therapy to overcome cholera, dies at 83
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 ...
MyJoyOnline27d
GHS confirms Cholera cases in Greater Accra
The Ghana Health Service (GHS) has confirmed cases of cholera in the Ada West and Ada East Districts of the Greater Accra Region, raising public health concerns. The first confirmed case was ...
Ghana Business News27d
Nine cholera cases recorded in Greater Accra
Ghana has recorded nine cholera cases in the Ada West and East districts of the Greater Accra Region. A statement issued by the Ghana Health Service (GHS) in Accra on Monday said the first case was ...
Al Jazeera English23d
COVID, mpox, cholera: Is the world prepared for another pandemic?
Some 4.5 billion people worldwide are currently without adequate access to essential healthcare services, according to the World Health Organization (WHO). This comes as more than 100,000 cases of ...
The New York Times28d
Polio Threatens Gaza Today. Tomorrow, It Could Be Cholera.
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 ...