Cholera

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Hundreds of Suspected Cholera Cases In Yemen

At least 570 suspected cases of cholera have surfaced in war-torn Yemen in the past three weeks, sparking fears of a...

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EPA Wages War On Unhygienic Food Vendors

Environmental health officers in the Kumasi metropolis have vowed to clamp down on food vendors who operate under...

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1.4 Million Children Acutely Malnourished In Somalia This Year

Somalia, hit by drought and on the verge of famine, will count 1.4 million acutely malnourished children by the end of...

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Health Alert! Cholera Outbreak Looms Across Ghana

The Ghana Health Service has issued a cholera alert, warning of a possible widespread outbreak across the country in...

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Ghana Health Service Issues Cholera Alert

The Ghana Health Services (GHS) has reminded all Regional Directors of Health Services across the country of the...

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Zoomlion Moves To Rid Central Region of Filth and Bedbugs

Sanitation and Waste Management giant, Zoomlion Ghana Limited has rolled out strategies to make the central region the...

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500,000 Die From Polluted Water Yearly

WORLD Health Organisation (WHO) has hinted that contaminated drinking-water is estimated to cause more than 500,000...

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‘500,000 Die From Polluted Water Yearly’

WORLD Health Organisation (WHO) has hinted that contaminated drinking-water is estimated to cause more than 500,000...

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Diarrhoea Kills More Than 500 In Somalia Since January

Cholera and acute diarrhoea have killed more than 500 people and left tens of thousands of others sick in drought-hit...

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The Story of A 12-Year-Old’s Struggle With Dialysis

12-year old Kimbly suffered a kidney failure in June 2016, just two days after his sister, Vanessa, wrote her final...

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El Nino Can Warn On Cholera Outbreaks In Africa

El Nino, the cyclical climatic phenomenon in the Pacific Ocean, is linked to shifts in cholera cases in Africa,...

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Swiss Red Cross Supports Central Region In Cholera Prevention

The Swiss Red Cross (SRC), a Swiss Humanitarian Foundation, has provided financial support to the Central Region Red...

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Six Aid Workers Killed In South Sudan Ambush

Six aid workers have been killed in an ambush in South Sudan, the UN said Sunday, the latest such attack in the country...

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Ashaiman Residents Angry Over ‘poisonous’ Landfill Site

Residents of Ashaiman Presby Junction are at risk of an imminent outbreak of diseases over the mismanagement of a...

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Saving Ghana From Filth; Things We Must Do Now [Article]

Over the last two days, my colleagues and I on the Citi Breakfast Show have been raging about the filthy towns and...

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Somali President Pleads To UN For Aid To Avert Famine

Somalia's new president appealed to the international community Thursday for more aid to avert a famine threatening his...

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UN Struggles To Raise Funds To Avert Famine In Somalia

The United Nations has raised less than a third of the funding needed to prevent famine in Somalia, a spokesman said...

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NGOs Demand Access As Yemen Suffers ‘open-Air Massacre’

Humanitarian groups on Wednesday demanded access to civilians on the brink of famine in Yemen, describing the two-year...

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Efforts Intensified To Prevent Cholera In Central Region

The Central Regional Red Cross Society in collaboration with the Regional Health Directorate and other stakeholders...