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In the annals of Victorian heroism, Florence Nightingale stands as a near-mythic figure: the “Lady with the Lamp,” a beacon of mercy amid the gore of the Crimean War (1853–56). To the Western ...

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

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: A ...

A deadly cholera outbreak has been spreading throughout border areas of South Sudan since the end of 2024, first starting in the Upper Nile state of the country before travelling to other areas of ...

Angola's cholera outbreak has now claimed 329 lives, the World Health Organization said Saturday, warning that the risk of further transmission in the country and surrounding areas was "very high".

South Sudan is suffering its worst cholera outbreak since it became an independent nation in 2011, the United Nations warned Monday, reporting almost 700 deaths in six months, including many children.

Addis Ababa: At least 31 people have died from more than 1,500 cholera cases in Ethiopia's Gambella region over the past month, Doctors Without Borders (MSF) warned Friday, saying the outbreak is ...

Bavita Nybvol waves her hand in front of her face. It’s 37C inside the cholera clinic. There is no air. Beside her on the pallet bed, her 10-year-old daughter Aluth dozes uneasily. Like dozens ...

Cholera is spread through contaminated water, and by hand contact. It is extremely infectious, an outbreak in Ireland in 1832-33 saw 76% death rates in some areas.