Cholera
Saudi coalition kills over 100 prisoners in Yemen: ICRC
Middle East
September 2, 2019
Saudi coalition kills over 100 prisoners in Yemen: ICRC
Airstrikes by the Saudi-led coalition fighting Houthi rebels in Yemen have killed more than 100 people held at a detention center, the…
Cyclone Kenneth hits Mozambique after battering Comoros
World
April 26, 2019
Cyclone Kenneth hits Mozambique after battering Comoros
The powerful cyclone Kenneth claimed its first casualty in Mozambique when a woman was killed by a falling tree in…
Vaccines blocked as deadly cholera rages in Yemen
Middle East
April 8, 2019
Vaccines blocked as deadly cholera rages in Yemen
ADEN, Yemen (AP) — In the summer of 2017, a plane chartered by the United Nations idled on the tarmac…
Cholera is surging once again in war-ravaged Yemen
Middle East
April 5, 2019
Cholera is surging once again in war-ravaged Yemen
SANAA, Yemen (AP) — Cholera is surging once again in Yemen, with the U.N. reporting that the number of suspected…
Killed by cholera, Yemeni doctor knew he was fighting ‘disastrous’ epidemic
Middle East
April 1, 2019
Killed by cholera, Yemeni doctor knew he was fighting ‘disastrous’ epidemic
SANAA (Reuters) – Yemeni doctor Mohammed Abdul-Mughni described the surge in cholera cases he was treating as “disastrous” in a…
Cholera cases jump to 138 in Mozambique’s Beira after cyclone
World
March 30, 2019
Cholera cases jump to 138 in Mozambique’s Beira after cyclone
BEIRA, Mozambique (Reuters) – The number of confirmed cases of cholera in the cyclone-hit Mozambican port city of Beira jumped…
Mozambique confirms cholera cases among cyclone victims
World
March 27, 2019
Mozambique confirms cholera cases among cyclone victims
BEIRA, Mozambique (Reuters) – Dozens of fragile patients poured into a clinic in the wrecked Mozambican port city of Beira…
Yemen faces new surge in cholera cases: UN
Middle East
September 1, 2018
Yemen faces new surge in cholera cases: UN
Yemen faces a possible third wave of a cholera epidemic, the UN warned Thursday, following a jump in the…
UN says 120,000 suspected cases of cholera in Yemen
Middle East
August 31, 2018
UN says 120,000 suspected cases of cholera in Yemen
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The United Nations says nearly 120,000 suspected cases of cholera were reported in conflict-wracked Yemen between…
UN agency warns of another cholera outbreak in Yemen
Middle East
August 1, 2018
UN agency warns of another cholera outbreak in Yemen
CAIRO (AP) — The U.N. children’s agency is warning of another cholera outbreak in war-torn Yemen after airstrikes hit water…