Tag: Cholera Outbreak

For more than 500 days, the people of El Fasher in Sudan’s North Darfur have endured a siege that has pushed children to the edge of survival. The United Nations ...

The humanitarian situation in Sudan continues to spiral, with a deadly cholera outbreak compounding the suffering already inflicted by the ongoing conflict. UN agencies issued a dire warning on Friday, ...

An alarming rise in cholera cases across West and Central Africa is putting an estimated 80,000 children at serious risk, the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) warned on Wednesday, as the ...

Sudan’s army-led government has formally requested the termination of a United Nations fact-finding mission investigating human rights abuses in the country’s ongoing conflict. Justice Minister Abdallah Diraf delivered the message ...

Repeated attacks on healthcare services in South Sudan have prompted urgent warnings from humanitarian agencies, following the deadly bombing of a hospital over the weekend.  The airstrike, which occurred in ...

Delivering his State of the Nation Address (SONA) on February 27, 2025, President John Dramani Mahama painted a dire picture of Ghana's healthcare system, revealing significant financial liabilities and deteriorating ...

HE President John Dramani Mahama is set to deliver his first State of the Nation Address (SONA) to Parliament today, Thursday, February 27, 2025, in accordance with Article 67 of ...

The Minister outlined several strategic interventions aimed at managing the outbreak effectively.

Cholera is a severe diarrheal disease caused by ingesting food or water contaminated with Vibrio cholerae bacteria. The disease spreads rapidly in areas with inadequate water supply, poor sanitation, and ...

The Agona West District in Ghana’s Central Region is grappling with a cholera outbreak that has so far resulted in 214 suspected cases. According to health officials, 11 of these ...