Question raised in Lok Sabha on Water-Borne Diseases, 06/04/2017.

Six new cases of cholera have been reported in Sudan's El Gedaref state over the last two days. This adds to dozens of cases reported in the eastern Sudanese state last week.

Over 400 people, including children, have died from drought and a cholera outbreak since February in southern and central Somalia, the country's health ministry has told Anadolu Agency.

Cholera has claimed at least 64 lives in Jonglei, leaving over 128 people in the health care facilities in the county of Duk.

Cholera is spreading in Somalia, further complicating drought relief efforts as the country teeters on famine.

El Gedaref — Isolation centres in El Gedaref received dozens of new cholera patients last week. Two of them have died.

This study found significant global decreases in all-cause child and adolescent mortality from 1990 to 2015, but with increasing global inequality. In countries with a low Socio-demographic Index (SDI), mortality is the primary driver of health loss in children and adolescents, largely owing to infectious, nutritional, maternal, and neonatal causes, while nonfatal health loss prevails in locations with a higher SDI.

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The United Nations has raised alarm over a major outbreak of cholera in southern Somalia.

AHMEDABAD: Waterborne diseases appear to be on the rise in the city. This is evident with two fresh cases of cholera reported in civic body-run hospitals last week.

Neighbouring Mozambique last week identified three cases of cholera and has brought renewed fears of cholera outbreak among travelers, and some parts of the districts in the southern region of Mala

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