Baffled in its attempts to discover any certain cure for cholera, science is at last turning its attention to its prevention, if possible, or, at least, to providing against its future extension ...

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 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 ...

She gave the assurance that the health teams were on high alert and stressed the need for intensive public education on cholera prevention, noting that proper hygiene practices and environmental ...

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 ...

“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.

“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 ...

It said healthcare workers in the affected areas had been sensitised to case definitions for cholera, sample management and case management. The statement said a daily active community case search was ...

The Enugu State Ministry of Health has stated that at least 10 persons have been confirmed dead following the outbreak of cholera in the ... to enhance Infection Prevention and Control (IPC ...