The Nigerian health ministry has blamed poor sanitation and shortage of safe drinking water for the deadly outbreaks of cholera and gastroenteritis in parts of northern Nigeria. A senior official announced Friday that the crisis is now under control...
By Nico Colombant Dakar 14 February 2008 Aid workers in the Democratic Republic of Congo are expressing concern that a cholera epidemic in the southeastern mining region is getting worse, despite attention to the problem. About 100 people have died s...
By Jessica Berman Washington 27 November 2007 Endemic cholera, a potentially fatal diarrheal disease found in the world's poorest countries, could be effectively controlled by orally vaccinating half of the affected populations once every two years f...
By Phuong Tran Dakar 29 August 2007 At its regional meeting in the Republic of Congo this week, the World Health Organization called for African governments to improve sanitation in an effort to cut the number of deadly cholera infections on the cont...
By Lisa Schlein Geneva 08 December 2006 The U.N. Children's Fund says it is rapidly expanding its activities to try to stem a resurgence of cholera in Angola. The deadly and easily transmittable disease has infected more than 62,000 Angolans since F...
By Gilbert da Costa Abuja 04 September 2006 Health officials in the northeastern Nigerian state of Borno have confirmed the death of at least 80 people in a cholera outbreak. Nearly 2,000 people have so far being infected. The state government has d...
By David McAlary Washington 07 June 2006 Children collect water in Luanda, Angola Researchers in Bangladesh have tested a drug that cures cholera in most patients, showing that it is a useful new weap...
By Rowan Reid Johannesburg 18 May 2006 A child suffering from cholera receives treatment in a medical center in Boa Vista, May 14, 2006 More than 34,000 people have fallen ill and 1,200 have died from...
By Peta Thornycroft Harare 17 February 2006 Martin Mhizha fetches water from an unprotected water source in Epworth, Zimbabwe In Zimbabwe's capital Harare, for the first time in most people's memory p...
By Carrie Giardino The government of Chad is calling for international assistance to fight a cholera outbreak in the country. The World Health Organization says it is concerned that the disease could...