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New York, The World Health Organization (WHO) is supporting Zimbabwe’s efforts to begin vaccinating 1.4 million people against a new deadly outbreak of cholera, beginning on Wednesday, after the water-borne disease first surfaced in a suburb of the capital Harare early last month. more
Fresh Yemen hospital attack raises risk of new cholera epidemic

New York: A deadly attack on one of the last functioning hospitals in Yemen in the key port city of Hudaydah has put hundreds of thousands of people at risk and damaged efforts to prevent ...

Fresh Yemen hospital attack raises risk of new cholera epidemic

New York: A deadly attack on one of the last functioning hospitals in Yemen in the key port city of Hudaydah has put hundreds of thousands of people at risk and damaged efforts to prevent ...

Largest-ever global response to cholera targets 2 million people in Africa

New York: The largest cholera vaccination drive in history targeting two million people across Africa is underway, the United Nations announced on Monday, in response to a series of recen ...

Suspected cholera cases in Yemen surpass one million, reports UN health agency

New York, Dec 23(Just Earth News): The total number of suspected cholera cases in Yemen has crossed one million, the United Nations World Health Organization (WHO) reported on Friday, urg ...

Suspected cholera cases in crisis-torn Yemen near 900,000 – UN

New York, Nov 3(Just Earth News): Already struggling to cope with a dire humanitarian crisis, war-torn Yemen is now facing the fastest-growing cholera epidemic ever recorded, with some 895,0 ...

Suspected cholera cases complicate already complex crisis in northeast Nigeria – UN relief wing

New York, Sept 7(Just Earth News): Over 530 suspected cases of cholera, claiming some 23 lives, have been registered in Nigeria’s Borno state, the United Nations humanitarian wing reported ...

Rising cholera, diarrhoea and malnutrition 'deadly' for children in Yemen, South Sudan, Somalia and Sudan, warns UNICEF

New York, July 4(Just Earth News): Access, funding and security are urgently needed to ensure humanitarians can reach hundreds of thousands of children suffering from cholera and diarrhoea a ...

Cholera cases in Yemen may reach 130,000 in two weeks, UNICEF warns

New York, June 3(Just Earth News): With about 70,000 cholera cases reported with nearly 600 fatalities in Yemen, the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) on Friday warned that an already ...

UN: cholera outbreaks can be controlled thanks to vaccines, water and sanitation

New York, July 7 (JEN) Use of oral vaccines is proving to be an effective tool to control outbreaks of cholera, the United Nations World Health Organization (WHO) said on Monday, adding that ...