SOUTH SUDAN – The South Sudan Government has collaborated its health sector partners and stakeholders to conduct two rounds of oral cholera vaccination in Rubkona County, Unity State in January…
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Nigeria partners WHO in vaccination campaign to eliminate cholera
NIGERIA – The Nigerian government has partnered with the World Health Organization (WHO) to support ongoing cholera preparedness, prevention , vaccination drive and response training for stakeholders in Abuja. Eliminating…
Read MoreMalawi receives 2 million doses of vaccines to contain the Cholera outbreak
MALAWI – Malawi has received about 2 million doses of Oral Cholera Vaccine (OCV) from the Global Emergency Stockpile funded by Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance in an effort to contain…
Read MoreMalawi intensifies response to contain Cholera outbreak
MALAWI – Malawian health authorities have put in place preventive measures to control the further spread of water-borne disease Cholera amid outbreak in the southern Malawi region such as surveillance…
Read MoreCholera outbreaks ravage Cameroon and Nigeria claiming thousands of lives
CAMEROON – Cameroon has been hit by a surge in cholera cases in the last two weeks in the country’s Southwest region, adding to a public health crisis accompanied by…
Read MoreNigeria cholera outbreak claims more lives as death toll tops 2,300
NIGERIA – Nigeria is seeing one of its worst cholera outbreaks in years, with more than 2,300 people dying from suspected cases as Africa’s most populous country struggles to deal…
Read MoreWest Africa COVID-19 deaths surge amid Ebola, Marburg and Cholera outbreaks
CONGO – West Africa has recorded its highest number of COVID-19 deaths since the pandemic began as several countries grapple with outbreaks of cholera, Ebola Virus Disease and Marburg Virus…
Read MoreCholera outbreak kills 12 people in Nigeria’s neighboring country, Niger
NIGER – A cholera outbreak in southern Niger has killed 12 people and infected 201 others across three regions, with heavy rains helping to further spread the disease, the country’s…
Read MoreNigeria sees a damning surge in cholera cases amid speculated third wave of Covid-19
NIGERIA – Nigeria has been hit by a surge in cholera cases in recent weeks, focused on the country’s north and adding to a public health crisis accompanied by a…
Read MoreZambia works in close collaboration with WHO to ensure successful rollout of cholera vaccines
ZAMBIA – Although Cholera is a preventable disease, it remains a significant public health problem globally. Each year, there are 1.3 to 4.0 million cases of cholera, and 21,000 to…
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