Syria's water network, heavily damaged by bombs and shelling, is at risk of collapse as its civil war drags on, increasing the threat of deadly typhoid or cholera outbreaks, the International Commi

At least 20 people, mostly children, have died amid a fresh outbreak of cholera in Nigeria's northern Bauchi State, Nigeria’s official news agency has reported.

In 2013, a stockpile of oral cholera vaccine (OCV) was created for use in outbreak response, but vaccine availability remains severely limited. Innovative strategies are needed to maximize the health impact and minimize the logistical barriers to using available vaccine. Here we ask under what conditions the use of one dose rather than the internationally licensed two-dose protocol may do both.

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Climate change, cholera and the return of thousands of emigrants from the neighboring Dominican Republican are fueling a humanitarian crisis in Haiti, the UN warned Tuesday.

AN urgent call for preventive measures has been sounded by authorities in Dar es Salaam, both region and city, following confirmed outbreak of the deadly cholera epidemic, which has so far claimed

The city recorded eight cases of cholera in July, said the health report released by the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC), on Saturday.

One person has died and seven others have been admitted to Isiolo Level Four Hospital following a cholera outbreak.

The Cape Coast Metropolis has been overwhelmed with mountains of garbage.

Thirty cholera cases have been reported in Naivasha subcounty in two months, area medical officer of health Dr Oren Ombiro has said.

Toilets in the Chinese countryside have earned a nasty reputation, with some little more than ramshackle shelters surrounded by bunches of cornstalk and others just open pits next to pigsties.

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