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 ...

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 ...

The organization's children's fund UNICEF said 40,000 cholera cases were reported from the end of September to March 18, "including 694 deaths country-wide, its worst outbreak in 20 years".

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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 ...