cholera

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Health

Key genetic factors linked to severe cholera symptoms: Study by Nottingham Uni, IEDCR, Icddr,b, NSU

Cholera is a deadly diarrheal disease that continues to threaten millions worldwide with up to 4 million cases and as many as 143,000 deaths each year

Residents collect packs of bottled drinking water from a distribution point in Mamoudzou on the French Indian Ocean island of Mayotte, on February 19, 2024. © Julien de Rosa, AFP
World+Biz

France reports nearly 200 cholera cases in Mayotte

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Health

A cholera outbreak in Zambia has caused more than 400 deaths and infected 10,000

Palestinian girl Fulla Al-Laham, 4, who was wounded in an Israeli strike that killed 14 family members, including her parents and all her siblings, lies on a bed as her grandmother sits next to her, at a hospital in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip on 14 October 2023. Photo: REUTERS/Mohammed Salem
Hamas-Israel war

Gaza's looming crisis: Cholera and infectious diseases in the midst of a complete blockade

5-day cholera vaccination campaign starts in Chattogram from Sunday
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5-day cholera vaccination campaign starts in Chattogram from Sunday

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Health

Cholera vaccination to start in Chattogram on 17 September

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World+Biz

Cholera vaccine shortage will last until 2025 amid surging cases

The United Nations headquarters building is pictured with a UN logo in the Manhattan borough of New York City, New York, U.S., March 1, 2022. REUTERS/Carlo Allegri
World+Biz

One billion threatened by cholera: UN

A logo is pictured outside a building of the World Health Organization (WHO) in Geneva, Switzerland, April 6, 2021. REUTERS/Denis Balibouse
World+Biz

We've run out of cholera vaccines, WHO official says as disease surges

Children play with a broken doll at the Hugo Chavez Square where they shelter from gang war violence in Port-au-Prince, Haiti October 16, 2022. REUTERS/Ricardo Arduengo/File Photo
World+Biz

UNICEF study shows kids make up 40% of Haiti's cholera cases

An internally displaced boy listens to civil defense members during a cholera awareness campaign, at a camp in northern rebel-held Idlib, Syria September 24, 2022. REUTERS/Khalil Ashawi/Files
Middle East

Poor access to safe water fuels cholera outbreak in Syria

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Health

2nd dose of oral cholera vaccination begins 3 August 

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Bangladesh

Oral Cholera vaccination begins in city