The fact that contaminated water and poor sanitation could help spread diseases like cholera was not understood in the 19th century. Starting in 1819, a series of cholera pandemics spread the ...

These events have also left a deadly consequence: a surge in cholera outbreaks. Since late 2021, over 6,000 lives have been lost, and nearly 350,000 cases reported across southern and East Africa.

In June 1832, two events stirred up political conflict in Lower Canada: the Place d'Armes by-election, which turned into a tragedy costing several lives, and the cholera epidemic. At the beginning ...

Angola's cholera outbreak has now claimed 329 lives, the World Health Organization said Saturday, warning that the risk of ...

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A nurse administers the cholera vaccine to a child in Sudan's Gedaref city on 20 November, 2023, during a vaccination campaign to reduce the cholera epidemic in war-torn Sudan. — AFP GENEVA ...

Zambia's Worst Cholera Outbreak in 20 Years: 5 Things to Know Zambia has had several major cholera outbreaks since the 1970’s but this current outbreak is the worst in 20 years. This latest health ...

CAIRO (AP) — Nearly 100 people died of cholera in two weeks since the waterborne disease outbreak began in Sudan’s White Nile State, an international aid group said. Doctors Without Borders ...