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The southern province of Tanganyika is grappling with a rapidly escalating cholera outbreak that poses a serious threat to ...

Cholera has killed five people as the country scrambles to respond to the outbreak that has affected Nairobi, Kisumu and ...

Nairobi County issues cholera outbreak alert following reported cases in Kibera, hospitals urged to activate rapid response ...

Philippe Barboza, cholera team lead at the World Health Organisation (WHO), said that this year already, 100,000 cholera ...

Conditions could get even tougher for the huge relief effort after weather officials warned unseasonal rain could threaten ...

The government has pledged to combat cholera outbreaks by improving access to safe drinking water and enhancing sanitation ...

More than 3,000 people have died from the 7.7 magnitude earthquake that struck Burma last week, which has sent the country ...

Extreme heat and heavy rain in Myanmar could cause disease outbreaks among earthquake survivors camping in the open, global ...

Extreme weather in Myanmar complicates rescue efforts after a deadly earthquake, with a rising risk of disease outbreaks among survivors. The quake severely damaged healthcare facilities, increasing ...

Millions of people have been repeatedly driven from first their homes and then, again, from camps, often multiple times. Families have been pushed into impossible choices just to survive, such as ...

By many accounts, dearth of potable water has exacerbated economic challenges and fueled the spread of waterborne diseases ...