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Zambia’s worst-ever cholera outbreak spirals into ‘uncontrollable health crisis’
The Telegraph via Yahoo News· 4 months agoLillian, 38, will now raise her 11 children alone after her husband died from cholera -...
Cholera death toll passes 1,000 in Malawi as outbreak spreads
Reuters via Yahoo News· 1 year agoThe death toll from a cholera outbreak in Malawi has passed 1,000 while cases have risen to 30,621, the highest on record in the country, Health Minister Khumbize Chiponda said on Wednesday.
Climate Change Behind Africa Cholera Surge, Top Health Body Says
Bloomberg via Yahoo News· 4 months ago(Bloomberg) -- The Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention, the continent’s chief health...
'They threw him in a corner': After cholera outbreak, one deportee is dead, two others ill in Haiti...
The Bergen Record via Yahoo News· 2 years agoA group of men deported to Haiti, including two from New Jersey, are pleading for freedom from a Haitian prison amid a cholera outbreak that has killed more than 20 prisoners, including a Florida ...
Cyclone Freddy death toll passes 600 as urgent calls grow for international aid
The Independent via Yahoo News· 1 year agoOver 600 people have died after Cyclone Freddy wrought destruction in three countries over the past...
U.S. cancels visas, sends Coast Guard ship to patrol waters off Haiti’s capital
Miami Herald via AOL· 2 years agoThe United States has sent a major Coast Guard vessel to patrol the waters near Port-au-Prince in a...
N. Korea reports another disease outbreak amid COVID-19 wave
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 2 years agoNorth Korea reported a new “epidemic" of an intestinal disease on Thursday, an unusual announcement...
WHO says Syria, already in crisis, needs massive humanitarian aid after quake
Reuters via Yahoo News· 1 year agoSenior officials from the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Tuesday that Syria's humanitarian...
Despite gang violence, kidnappings in Haiti, Dominicans continue to deport Haitians
Miami Herald via Yahoo News· 1 year agoThe nursing mother was headed to introduce her husband to his son for the first time traveling on...
Aid workers speak of concern for ‘nightmare scenario’ facing Syria after quake
Press Association News via AOL· 1 year agoAid workers have expressed their concerns about the help being provided to Syria after a devastating...