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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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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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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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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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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83% of all Africans yet to receive a single Covid-19 vaccine dose
A third of the world’s population has still not received a single dose of the Covid-19 vaccine, including 83% of all Africans, according.
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Cholera endemic claims lives of 183 people in Malawi
HQ Team November 8, 2022: At least 183 people have died since March due to a cholera epidemic sweeping Malawi, a landlocked country.