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Africa’s health sector faces an ‘unprecedented’ financing crisis, driven by a sharp fall of 70% in official development assistance (ODA) — a barometer for international aid flow, according to a concept paper from the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention.
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Africa’s health sector facing ‘unprecedented’ financial crisis: CDC

HQ Team April 4, 2025: Africa’s health sector faces an ‘unprecedented’ financing crisis, driven by a sharp fall of 70% in official development.

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Three-hundred and twenty-nine people died after being infected with cholera in the West African nation of Angola as the disease spread to 16 of the country’s 21 provinces, according to the World Health Organization.
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Cholera claims lives of 329 people in Angola, WHO says spread risk is ‘high’

HQ Team April 1, 2025: Three-hundred and twenty-nine people died after being infected with cholera in the West African nation of Angola as.

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Cholera cases rose 13% and deaths by 71% in 2023 compared to a year earlier as a shortage of oral vaccines continues and the global risk is “high,” according to a World Health Organization report.
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Cholera killed 4,000 people last year, current global risk of disease ‘high’

Cholera cases rose 13% and deaths by 71% in 2023 compared to a year earlier as a shortage of oral vaccines continues and.

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More than 1,700 people have died globally due to cholera in the four months ended April amid a shortage of vaccines because of a rise in demand, according to the World Health Organization, which has classified the outbreak as an emergency.
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Cholera kills 1,766 people in Jan-April period, vaccines in short supply 

HQ Team May 17, 2024: More than 1,700 people have died globally due to cholera in the four months ended April amid a.

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The current global risk from cholera is “very high” with vaccines running short of demand, the World Health Organization stated.
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WHO maintains global cholera risk at “very high” category

HQ Team December 8, 2023: The current global risk from cholera is “very high” with vaccines running short of demand, the World Health.

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The global incidence of cholera doubled in 2022 year-on-year because rising floods, droughts and cyclones due to climate change triggered new outbreaks and worsened existing ones, a WHO report stated.
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Cholera outbreaks worldwide rising as floods, droughts batter planet Earth

HQ Team September 23, 2023: The global incidence of cholera doubled in 2022 year-on-year because rising floods, droughts and cyclones due to climate.

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Shortage of oral vaccines and overstretched public health and medical professionals are contributing to the spread of cholera, especially in the Horn of Africa, the WHO stated.
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Global risk of cholera continues to be ‘very high’: WHO

HQ Team June 2, 2023: Shortage of oral vaccines and overstretched public health and medical professionals are contributing to the spread of cholera,.

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The deadliest outbreak of cholera in the history of Malawi, a landlocked country in southeastern Africa, has claimed 1,210 lives, according to the WHO.
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Deadly cholera outbreak in Malawi claims 1,210 lives: WHO

The deadliest outbreak of cholera in the history of Malawi, a landlocked country in southeastern Africa, has claimed 1,210 lives, according to the.

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The number of sequences to detect the presence of the Covid-19 viral genome, being shared with WHO, has dropped by more than 90%, and the number of countries sharing them has fallen by a third.
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Covid-19 viral genome sequence sharing with WHO falls 90%

The number of sequences to detect the presence of the Covid-19 viral genome, being shared with WHO, has dropped by more than 90%,.

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Cholera deaths cross 500 in Malawi; schools remain closed

Malawi cholera deaths cross 500 and government decides to keep primary schools closed

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