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Cholera Outbreak in Ghana
Cholera epidemic kills at least 11 people in Ghana's capital Accra, reports source. Edward Antwi, deputy regional director of public health confirmed the toll. Poor sanitation in ...

Prevent New Cholera Outbreak, UNICEF Warns West Africa
The United Nations Children's Fund on Tuesday alerted western African governments on the need to prevent a new cholera outbreak, after the disease claimed nearly 3,000 lives there last year....

Gorakhpur: Polluted Drinking Water Increasing Water Borne Diseases
Media reports indicate that the contamination of drinking water is becoming a major cause of worry for residents in Uttar Pradesh's Gorakhpur city. In recent times there has been a dramatic ...

New Insight into Cholera Bacterium
The mechanism that cholera bacterium uses to gain foothold in the gut has been discovered by scientists. The discovery could help scientists developed new treatments for the globall...

UN Reports Spike in Cholera Cases in DR Congo
The UN reports surge in cholera cases in the Democratic Republic of Congo in recent weeks. The year-long outbreak has so far infected 22,000 people and has claimed 584 lives. Aid agencie...

Social Media Accurately Tracked Haiti Cholera Outbreak
Internet-based news and Twitter feeds more rapidly tracked the onset and progression of the cholera epidemic in post-earthquake Haiti than traditional methods, shows study published in the J...

Death Toll From Cholera Nears 7,000 in Haiti
The death toll from cholera epidemic in Haiti is nearing 7,000, which experts claim to be one of the worst in recent decades. Jon Kim Andrus, deputy director of the Pan American Health O...

Somalia Launches Campaign To Tackle Cholera
Somalian health authorities on Friday launched a campaign to curb cholera spread that has infected about 60,000 in the country since the start of the year, reports WHO. The health minist...

$5.5 Million Needed to Battle Cholera
To battle cholera in the Democratic Republic of Congo, the United Nations urgently need $5.5 million (4.1 million euros), says UN spokeswoman. Agencies estimate that $3 million is ...

Cholera Victims Demand UN Compensation: Haiti
UN peacekeepers are accused of an epidemic leaving five thousand cholera victims in Haiti launching legal action demanding hundreds of millions of dollars in damages from the United Nations,...

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