Can South Sudan break the cycle of cholera outbreaks?
South Sudan is facing another deadly cholera outbreak, with over 24,500 suspected cases and nearly 500 deaths, according to charity Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF). Overcrowding, poor sanitation and a ...
What do plans to resume drilling for oil in Ogoniland mean for people there?
The campaigns he led saw the exploration of crude oil stopped in Ogoniland, in the country’s Niger Delta region, after it became clear oil spills had extensively polluted rivers and farmland, ...
Cholera outbreak kills over 110 people in Angola
Angola has recorded 3,402 cholera cases and 114 deaths since the outbreak began in early January, according to the Health ...
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Medical Laboratory Scientists want strengthened measures to end cholera spread
The Ghana Association of Medical Laboratory Scientists (GAMLS) has called for urgent public health interventions to curb the spread of cholera and prevent further casualties.The Association in a ...
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Afenyo-Markin cries over 412 cholera cases in Effutu
Parliament summons Health Minister The Minister of Health, Kwabena Mintah Akandoh, has been summoned to appear before Parliament within one week, to brief the House on the outbreak of cholera and ...
Where Are They Now? Diseases That Killed You in ‘Oregon Trail’
You have died of dysentery. These are five words familiar to anyone who has attempted to caulk a wagon and ford rivers en route to the Willamette Valley. Oregon Trail not only taught generations of ...
Cholera outbreak kills more than 100 in Angola: Ministry
A cholera outbreak in Angola has killed at least 108 people since the start of the year, the health ministry said Tuesday, ...
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Continued clashes in DRC’s South Kivu trigger mass displacement: UN
With hostilities subsiding in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC)’s occupied Goma City in North Kivu province, UN ...
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Las Cruces Public Libraries to host ‘February is for Lovers’ film series
The Las Cruces Public Libraries will be hosting two film screenings of different love movies throughout the month of February. The first film, “Love in the Time of ...
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Angola's cholera outbreak: a wake-up call for global action
Angola's Ministry of Health has released alarming statistics regarding the ongoing cholera outbreak,1,2 highlighting a severe public health crisis that warrants immediate international attention. By ...
How Trump’s Foreign-Aid Freeze Is ‘Shaking the Whole System’
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Cholera outbreak reported in Democratic Republic of Congo — WHO
PRETORIA, February 7. /TASS/. A cholera outbreak has been recorded in the province of North Kivu in the eastern part of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the World Health Organization (WHO) said ...