Cholera spreads in Sudan’s conflict zones with 4,000 cases, 191 deaths, poor sanitation and half a million displaced at grave ...

Cholera is ripping through North Darfur, Sudan, threatening thousands of children already weakened by hunger and displacement ...

UNICEF warned on Sunday about the severity of the cholera outbreak in Sudan, especially in the North Darfur region, calling for immediate action. As of July 30, 2025, the total toll of cholera in ...

Geneva — A shortage of cholera vaccines has forced a temporary shift to a one-dose strategy, from the usual two, in campaigns to fight a swelling number of outbreaks, the World Health ...

Niger State is still grappling with cholera outbreaks, with 27 patients currently on admission across four local government ...

More than 200,000 cases and over 3,000 deaths have been reported in southern Africa since the start of 2023, UNICEF said. Malawi had its worst cholera outbreak in decades in 2023.

In the 1990s, Peru ended its cholera epidemic by chlorinating the water supply. Simply adding chlorine to water kills the bacteria that causes cholera, as well as many other disease pathogens.

A cholera patient lies on a hospital bed, in Harare, Zimbabwe, Sunday Nov. 19, 2023. A cholera outbreak in Zimbabwe is suspected of killing more than 150 people and infecting more than 8,000.

Cholera outbreaks tend to follow displacement: When droughts, floods, famines or the threat of violence force large groups of people to move, and they lose access to clean water and adequate ...

In the 1990s, Peru ended its cholera epidemic by chlorinating the water supply. Simply adding chlorine to water kills the bacteria that causes cholera, as well as many other disease pathogens.