Cholera

The Nigerian Red Cross Society (NRCS) Kaduna branch, has embarked on a sensitisation campaign to educate students and residents on cholera prevention and control. READ ALSO:FCT Activates Cholera Emergency Operations Centre…

The Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMet) and the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) on data sharing and information exchange. READ ALSO:NCDC Activates…

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) revealed that 14,237 cholera cases have been reported across 35 states as of October 13, 2024. READ ALSO:NCDC Activates Emergency Operations Centre for Lassa fever…

The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has donated cholera response kits worth N113 million to curb the spread of the infection in Borno State. READ ALSO:Cholera: Adamawa Govt. vaccinates 199,371 persons, receives…

Zambia has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with China to establish the country’s first cholera vaccine manufacturing facility. The project, announced on Monday, aims to strengthen Zambia’s fight against cholera, a disease that…

The Yobe Government said a total of 132 cases of cholera were recorded in the state as at September 25, out of which nine were reported dead. READ ALSO:Maiduguri records 2 cholera cases, says Commissioner Dr Mohammed Gana,…

There is still no respite for Sudan's people as a cholera outbreak which was confirmed in August continues to wreak havoc. Sudan's health ministry said that 430 people had died as a result of the outbreak in the past month, with 14,000…

Port Sudan, which lies on Sudan's Red Sea coast, is facing a cholera outbreak exacerbated by a lack of medical supplies as the country remains in the grips of war. A university dorm that was hosting students has been converted into a…

Zambia, already facing its worst anthrax epidemic in more than a decade, has recorded new deaths caused by cholera, health authorities in the southern African country reported. Four people died of cholera in the capital Lusaka in 24…

Zimbabwe has declared 17th November a state of emergency in the capital, Harare, over a deadly cholera outbreak. The capital of some 1.5 million people has been badly hit by an outbreak of the disease that has affected all provinces of…