Top UN Delegation Visits Crisis-Hit Yemen
A high-level UN delegation arrived in Yemen on Monday, a UN source said, to visit areas held by both the ...
Tag: Intestinal infectious diseases
GHA Cautioned Against Cholera Outbreak
Ghana Public Health Association (GPHA) has urged the Ghana Health Service (GHS) to immediately roll out preparedness and response plans ...
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 country ...
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 ...
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 delegates were among hundreds ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 bacterial disease ...
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 ...
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 ...
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) said ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 insanitary conditions. ...
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 the ...
Ghana Health Service Issues Cholera Alert
The Ghana Health Services (GHS) has reminded all Regional Directors of Health Services across the country of the likelihood of ...