Countries across Africa are battling some of the worst cholera outbreaks seen in decades. UNICEF is on the ground working alongside government and local partners in the Democratic Republic of the ...
UNICEF is supporting an emergency response to a cholera outbreak in Malawi to minimize the impact on vulnerable children and families. A child receives a cholera vaccine during a UNICEF-supported ...
Cholera is caused when the bacterium Vibrio cholerae infects the small intestine, resulting in severe diarrhea and vomiting, which can result in dehydration and death. The main treatment involves oral ...
UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, has donated 1,000 testing kits, administered over 900,000 oral cholera vaccines and provided refrigerators and solar panels to ensure continuous access to electricity in ...
World Health Organization (WHO) has classified the global resurgence of cholera at the highest internal level for emergencies; 1.3 to 4 million cholera cases and 21,000 to 143,000 cholera-related ...
Key to preventing cholera is a good supply of water. Getty images Microbiologist Sam Kariuki, the director of Kenya’s Medical Research Institute, explains what cholera is and why it’s so hard to ...
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