Disease X is the name given to an as-yet-unknown infection that has the potential to become the next big pandemic. It was ...

The Democratic Republic of Congo will end the year carrying a load of unprecedented disease outbreaks ... the DRC is still grappling with “an unknown disease” in its south-western region, dubbed ...

In the remote village of Panzi, nestled deep within Kwango province in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), a deadly ...

The death toll from the cholera outbreak in parts of Ghana has shot up to 37, with the number of confirmed cases also increasing from 346 to 359, as of December 26, 2024 The two new deaths were ...

But the mass vaccination exercise faces numerous challenges, including a lack of access to the areas dealing with the worst cholera outbreaks. Medics in South Sudan will attempt to vaccinate at ...

A total number of 14 persons have lost their lives in a cholera outbreak in the Western Region, with several others hospitalized across various healthcare facilities. As of 7th December ...

IsraAID, a non-governmental Israel-based humanitarian aid organization, will be working with South Sudan authorities to help rein in the latest cholera outbreak. Since the outbreak began on October 28 ...

The ongoing cholera outbreak is a sobering reminder of the devastating consequences of systemic failures in public health and sanitation. Multiple lives – already in the double digits – have ...

“What we are witnessing is not just a cholera outbreak — it is the result of systemic neglect,” said MSF’s South Sudan head of mission Mamman Mustapha. He described “mountains of uncol ...

According to the health ministry, Sudan has recorded 46,036 cholera cases and 1,216 deaths in the past five months. The outbreak has spread across 81 localities in 11 of Sudan’s 18 states.

Two individuals have died as a result of a cholera outbreak, with the Kwesimintsim Government Hospital reporting 19 new instances of cholera infection in two hours. A public advisory on the ...