By Vibhu MishraCholera is ripping through North Darfur, Sudan, threatening thousands of children already weakened by hunger ...

In a statement, UNICEF said 20 people lost their lives to the outbreak while 1,180 cases were reported in Tawila, in the ...

The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) raised the alarm on Wednesday over the rising toll of ...

An estimated 80,000 children are at severe risk of cholera as heavy rains sweep across West and Central Africa, exacerbating ...

Niger State is still grappling with cholera outbreaks, with 27 patients currently on admission across four local government ...

Some 80,000 children are estimated to be at high risk of cholera in West and Central Africa as the rainy season begins across ...

THE United Nation Children’s Fund (UNICEF) says Nigeria has the second highest cases of cholera outbreak in West and Central Africa.UNICEF regional director for West and Central Africa, Gilles ...

The United Nations and world health community are mourning David Nabarro, the British physician and public health champion ...

Cholera, which spreads primarily through contaminated water and food, causes severe diarrhea and dehydration. The ongoing El Tor pandemic, also known as the seventh cholera pandemic, emerged in ...

But in 1832, people believed cholera was linked to intemperance and vice, which were thought to weaken the body. According to the prevailing miasma theory, it caused outbreaks once airborne.

Cholera cases have surged this year and the disease could be making an “unwelcome comeback” as war, poverty and climate change create ideal conditions for it to spread, warned World Health ...