A humanitarian crisis is rapidly unfolding on both sides of the South Sudan-Ethiopia border, as escalating violence, displacement and a widespread cholera outbreak are pushing communities to the brink ...
Over 60 people were on Saturday rushed to Kiambu Referral Hospital for treatment bearing symptoms doctors at the facility ...
MSF deployed an emergency response in Mayom, a remote area in South Sudan, to respond to the heavy escalation in cholera cases. The response involved vaccinating over 20,000 people, which had a great ...
A deadly cholera outbreak has been spreading throughout border areas of South Sudan since the end of 2024, first starting in ...
South Sudan is suffering its worst cholera outbreak since it became an independent nation in 2011, the United Nations warned ...
Of the admitted cholera patients who died, 18 were children, including five children who are no older than 5, and five others who were no older than 9, Marta Cazarola, MSF emergency coordinator ...
The International Rescue Committee (IRC) is deeply concerned by the catastrophic deterioration of health services and humanitarian conditions, including an alarming cholera outbreak in North and South ...
Cholera is usually not spread through person-to-person casual contact, but healthcare workers who treat severe cholera patients are also at higher risk for the illness. If you plan to visit an area ...
Travel Health Pro detailed where the affected patients had travelled ... visiting the holy well at Bermel Giorgis. A fourth UK cholera case did not travel, but reported consuming holy water ...
adding that an outbreak of cholera in the neighboring Southern African country since January had killed 237 people out of 6,564 cases. Meanwhile, Namibia's health ministry said the patient had no ...
Additionally, families have been forced by the situation to bring beds from home for patients admitted to the hospital's courtyard. The cholera outbreak has been attributed to the shutdown of Kosti's ...