Yemen cholera outbreak tops 10,000
The Ministry of Public Health and Population in Yemen has reported new cases of cholera in Yemen. Image/CIA Since the last update on 6 December, 1173 new suspected cases of acute watery diarrhea/ cholera and 3 additional More...
Yemen suspected cholera cases double in a week
In a follow-up to a report last week on the cholera outbreak in Yemen, the Ministry of Public Health and Population in Yemen has confirmed additional cases of cholera and cholera-related deaths in the country. Image/CIA As More...
South Sudan cholera outbreak spreads, nears 1500 cases
The crisis in South Sudan progressively gets worse as the security situation gets worse in parts of Jonglei, Unity and Upper Nile states. Clashes, sporadic shootings and fighting ongoing, some humanitarian workers More...
Vibrio cholera confirmed as cause of North Cotabato outbreak
The etiology of the diarrhea outbreak that has struck the city of Alamada in North Cotabato, Mindanao has been confirmed as Vibrio cholerae, the agent of cholera, according to health officials. Vibrio cholerae on More...
Nigeria: Kano State has reported 71 cholera deaths since November
Since the first cholera cases appeared in the northern Nigerian state of Kano, health officials have reported no less than 71 fatalities due to the bacterial disease, according to a This Day Live report Friday. According More...
Haiti still recorded over 1,100 cholera cases a week in 2013
Since the outbreak of cholera began in Haiti in October 2010, months after the devastating 7.0 magnitude earthquake hit the Caribbean country, amazingly, Haiti is still recording over 1,100 cholera cases per week, More...
Nepal government rejects blame for Haiti cholera epidemic
Cholera was not seen on the Caribbean island of Haiti for a century, and then the massive 7.0 magnitude earthquake hit the country in Jan. 2010. Vibrio choleraeImage/CDC/ Janice Carr Months later arrived UN peacekeepers More...
Mexico cholera outbreak rises to 180 with new cases from Hidalgo and Veracruz
The outbreak of cholera in Mexico continues to rise as The Ministry of Health reports an additional four cases, two eah from Hidalgo and Veracruz states, according to a World Health Organization (WHO) update today. Vibrio More...
Nigeria cholera outbreak grows: 1,623 cases and 86 deaths
The outbreak of cholera is growing and expanding in the west African country of Nigeria as the bacterial disease is being reported in higher numbers from more states. Vibrio choleraeImage/CDC/ Janice Carr According More...
Mexico reports five additional cholera cases from La Huasteca region
The Mexico Ministry of Health has reported five new cholera cases from the La Huasteca region on the Gulf coast, this brings the total number of cases in the current outbreak to 176. Image/Limbo@MX C via Wikimedia More...
Cholera spreads in Nigeria: Lagos, Plateau and Oyo states report the disease
In a follow-up to a report Tuesday concerning a cholera outbreak in Zamfara State in Nigeria, more cases and deaths are being reported from other areas of the West African nation. The OsunDefender reports that the More...
Cholera cases up a dozen in Mexico, total case count now 171
In a follow up to the current cholera outbreak in Mexico, The Ministry of Health in Mexico has reported another 12 cases in the past week, bringing the total case count to 171, according to a World Health Organization More...
Mexico cholera outbreak rises to 159 cases, majority from Hidalgo
In a follow up to a report earlier this month, the cholera outbreak in Mexico has increased significantly in the past week or so, according to the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO). Vibrio choleraeImage/CDC/ More...
Cholera outbreak reported in Zamfara State, Nigeria
At least 130 people hospitalized and two people have died in Zamfara State in northwestern Nigeria in a current cholera outbreak, according to a report in the Nigerian Bulletin. The outbreak has affected the areas More...
Mexico reports 36 new cholera cases
Mexican health officials are reporting three dozen new cholera cases in Hidalgo state, according to a Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) Epidemiological Alert released Oct. 1. Image/CIA The alert specifies More...
US officials issue cholera warning for Cuba
The US Interests Section in Havana, Cuba issued a “security message” for US citizens residing in or traveling to the island, concerning the risks of cholera, which has been identified in the capital More...
Yale researcher discusses Haiti cholera outbreak and link to UN peacekeepers
Earlier this month, researchers from Yale University released a report detailing the legal and medical reasons why the United Nations (UN) should been be held responsible for this cholera tragedy in Haiti. Haiti More...
Guinea-Bissau cholera outbreak risks expected to ‘linger for several months’
The west African country of Guinea-Bissau has reported 700 cases of cholera thus far in 2013, making it the country in the region with the most cases, according to a IRIN, the humanitarian news and analysis service More...
Bongo Island cholera outbreak ‘contained’, no new cases reported
In a follow up to a story last week, health officials from the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) in the southern Philippines say the cholera outbreak that struck Bongo Island, Maguindanao has been “contained”, More...
The CDC advises ‘practicing usual precautions’ to prevent cholera if traveling to Hispaniola
The cholera outbreaks in Haiti and the Dominican Republic have been ongoing since the fall of 2010 resulting in thousands of deaths and hundreds of thousands of cases, according to a CDC travel notice today. Image/CIA In More...
