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Building resilience against cholera: lessons from the implementation of integrated community strategy for cholera control in Zambia
Cholera has remained a persistent public health challenge in Zambia since the country’s first reported outbreak in 1977. The ...
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Richard Cash: public health doctor whose salt and sugar solution for cholera patients is estimated to have saved 70 million lives
BRAC In 1967 newly qualified doctor Richard Cash was sent to East Pakistan (now Bangladesh) to respond to one of the many cholera epidemics that swept through the region. The treatment at the time was ...
Cholera Tops Africa’s Disease Emergency Events as Climate Change Fuels Contagion
Cholera topped the list of disease outbreaks in Africa last year as a warming world increased both flooding and droughts in ...
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An assessment of the progress made in the implementation of the regional framework for cholera prevention and control in the WHO African region
High-burden cholera outbreaks, spreading beyond the traditional cholera-endemic countries, have been reported since 2021 in ...
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Zimbabwe struggles to tame cholera outbreak in rains
Zimbabwe has been battling serious cholera outbreaks since the turn of the millennium due to the breakdown of water and sewer ...
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Cholera Outbreak in Eight Districts
The government says a fresh cholera outbreak has spread to eight districts, infecting nearly 300 people. Burst pipes left in disrepair for months and spewing human waste into the streets are believed ...
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Changing Lives and Fighting Cholera One Clean Drop of Water At a Time
The 2023-2024 cholera outbreak was a stark reminder that in Zambia, access to clean water and safe sanitation is not a given. As cholera spread rapidly, it left entire neighbourhoods extremely ...
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South Sudan Launches Cholera Vaccination Campaign Targeting Over 300,000 in Rubkona
Speaking at the event, Vice President Akol reaffirmed the government’s commitment to combating the outbreak, emphasizing the ...
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Kitgum confirms case of cholera
Kitgum, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Kitgum District has confirmed its first case of cholera after a 21-year-old male resident ...
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Akwa Ibom mobilises resources to combat cholera outbreak
Akwa Ibom State Government has mobilised resources to curtail the Cholera outbreak reported in Emeroke Community of Eastern ...
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Promoting retail food safety programme in Ghana: Addressing the Takoradi cholera outbreak
According to the World Health Organisation (WHO), foodborne diseases affect millions of people annually, leading to a wide ...
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Zimbabwe cholera outbreak spreads to eight districts
Spread This NewsDW News Zimbabwe’s ministry of health and child care has announceD that the current cholera outbreak in the ...