SANTO DOMINGO, Aug. 19 (Xinhua) -- The number of deaths caused by cholera in the Dominican Republic have increased to 109, and there are 15,876 suspect cases, according to government figures released on Friday. Public Health Ministry said in a statem...
The United Nations is holding a special meeting with donor countries to drum up support for its cholera treatment and control operations in Haiti. It says it has received less than half of the $175 million it needs to carry out its life-saving progra...
The Bush administration says it is more than doubling emergency U.S. aid to Zimbabwe to combat a cholera epidemic it blames on the government of President Robert Mugabe. U.S. officials are trying to increase international pressure on Mr. Mugabe to s...
U.N. aid agencies said they are facing enormous difficulties in efforts to contain the deadly cholera epidemic that has affected thousands of people in Zimbabwe. They said the health system in the country has collapsed and even the most basic suppli...
In Zimbabwe more than 400 people have died from an outbreak of cholera and the number of people infected is now believed to be more than 10,000 according to the United Nations. The Zimbabwean government has appealed for aid and blamed the country's...
Humanitarian officials are expressing growing concern over deteriorating health and sanitation conditions in Zimbabwe as crisis talks between political parties show no signs of progress. VOA's Scott Bobb reports from our Southern African Bureau in J...
The World Health Organization warns of the risk of outbreaks of cholera and measles in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo's war-torn North Kivu Province. The World Health Organization has drawn up an emergency plan to try to contain the spread of...
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...