Cholera Outbreak News - Latest Updates & Headlines
Zimbabwe records 124 cholera cases amid latest outbreak
Harare, March 15: Zimbabwe has recorded 124 confirmed cases of cholera since the latest outbreak started in November last year, Minister of Health and Child Care Douglas Mombeshora said.
WHO, MSF urge concerted efforts to contain cholera outbreak in western Ethiopia
Addis Ababa, March 15: The World Health Organisation (WHO) and the international medical charity Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) have called for concerted efforts to contain the rapidly spreading cholera outbreak in western Ethiopia.
Zambia vaccinates 672,100 people in cholera hotspots
Lusaka, March 4: Zambian health authorities announced that 672,100 people in three districts battling a cholera outbreak have received oral cholera vaccines.
Cholera outbreak in Sudan's White Nile State leaves 83 dead in three days: NGOs
Khartoum, Feb 23: At least 83 people have died during the past 72 hours due to a cholera outbreak in Sudan's White Nile State, local non-governmental organisations (NGOs) reported.
Angola's cholera death toll climbs to 150
Luanda, Feb 18: The number of people killed in the latest cholera outbreak in Angola has reached 150, the Health Ministry has said.
Cholera outbreak kills over 110 people in Angola
Luanda, Feb 12: Angola has recorded 3,402 cholera cases and 114 deaths since the outbreak began in early January, according to the Health Ministry's daily press release.
Over 100,000 vaccinated against cholera in Zambian district
Lusaka, Feb 11: A total of 104,585 people have received doses of the oral cholera vaccine in Chililabombwe, Zambia's hardest-hit district in Copperbelt Province in the latest cholera outbreak, Minister of Health Elijah Muchima said.
Emergency response activated for Angola's cholera outbreak: health minister
Luanda, Jan 11: Angola's Minister of Health Silvia Lutucuta announced on Saturday that emergency response plans have been activated to address the country's cholera outbreak, particularly in Cacuaco Municipality of Luanda province, the epicentre of the disease.
South Sudan targets 300,000 vulnerable people in new cholera vaccination drive
Juba, Jan 11: South Sudan's health ministry said that it has rolled out a week-long campaign aimed at vaccinating more than 300,000 people against cholera in Rubkona, a hotspot county in Unity State.