Intestinal infectious diseases

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GHA Cautioned Against Cholera Outbreak

Ghana Public Health Association (GPHA) has urged the Ghana Health Service (GHS) to immediately roll out preparedness...

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Yemen Cholera Outbreak Tops 300,000 Suspected Cases

A cholera outbreak in Yemen has now surpassed 300,000 suspected cases, the Red Cross said Monday as the war-torn...

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Yemen Cholera Outbreak Shows Signs of Slowing

A cholera outbreak in Yemen, which has claimed 1,400 lives in two months, shows tentative signs of slowing as fatality...

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Kenya Cholera Outbreak Hits Dozens At Health Conference

Nearly 50 people have contracted cholera while attending a health conference in Kenya’s capital. The infected...

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Yemen Cholera Death Toll Passes 1,100

Cholera has killed 1,170 people in war-ravaged Yemen and the number of suspected cases is now at nearly 2,000 a day,...

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Cholera Leaves Yemen Hospitals In Constant Code Black

At Yemen's Sabaeen Hospital, code black is an understatement: patients sleep three to a bed, on the bare floor or...

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The Plague of the Poor

Cholera, which has hit war-ravaged Yemen with 100,000 suspected cases and 789 deaths, is a highly contagious waterborne...

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100,000 Cholera Cases, 789 Deaths, In Yemen In Past Month

A cholera outbreak of more than 100,000 cases has erupted in war-ravaged Yemen, killing nearly 800 people, in just over...

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Cholera Kills 315 In Yemen In Less Than Month

Cholera has killed 315 people in Yemen in under a month, the World Health Organization has said, as another aid...

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Cholera Outbreak Claims 315 Lives In Yemen

A cholera outbreak in war-ravaged Yemen has killed 315 people since April 27, the UN World Health Organization (WHO)...

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CDC Warns of Parasitic Infection, Toxic Gas

he CDC received word of 32 outbreaks linked to swimming pools or water playgrounds in the US Beware of contaminated...

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Nearly 23,500 Cholera Cases, 242 Deaths In Yemen In Three Weeks

A cholera outbreak in war-ravaged Yemen has killed 242 people, and left nearly 23,500 others sick in the past three...

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Emergency In Sanaa As Cholera Kills Scores

A state of emergency has been declared in the Yemeni capital, Sanaa, after an outbreak of cholera killed scores of...

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115 Dead As Yemen Cholera Outbreak Spreads

A cholera outbreak in war-torn Yemen has killed 115 people and left 8,500 ill as hospitals struggle to cope with an...

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34 Dead, 2,000 Sick With Suspected Cholera In Yemen

Thirty-four people have died of cholera-related causes and more than 2,000 have been taken ill in less than two weeks...

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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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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...