Climate change may worsen cholera crisis in Africa: WHO

Extreme weather events like major floods and even droughts may be driving the health crisis; Malawi facing the worst ever crisis

Worst cholera outbreak since 2017 affecting children in Congo: UNICEF

DRC reported more cholera cases in the first seven months of 2023 than all of 2022

RASH OF EPIDEMICS

KENYA

Extreme climate events fuel cholera outbreaks in Mozambique, Madagascar: WHO 

Measures to deal with such outbreaks must be a key agenda of the governments across southern Africa, say experts

Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (December 27, 2023)

Down To Earth brings you the top environmental cases heard in the Supreme Court, the high courts and the National Green Tribunal

CAMBODIA

Climate change, conflicts & poor hygiene accelerate global cholera outbreaks

If the current trend persists, the supply of preventive vaccination will likely continue to be limited

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Changing genes make cholera pathogen indomitable

despite its genome sequenced three years ago, the cholera bacterium continues to dodge all efforts aimed at combating its menace. Now, scientists …

Satellite control

Bile helps fight cholera

Chhattisgarh unsure of disease outbreak

Scores died of water-borne disease in Chhattisgarh, even as state government failed to identify the cause

Beating the cholera bug

Digging for diseases, past and present

Scientists are turning to ancient grave sites to unravel the mysteries of human ailments

Decoding trouble

Researchers have decoded the genetic sequence of the bacterium responsible for cholera. This will aid in the development of new vaccines and …

Official contamination

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Cholera: Vaccines can stop spread, but biggest deterrent is clean water

Vaccinologists Edina Amponsah-Dacosta and Julie Copelyn speak about cholera vaccine and other ways to curb outbreaks in countries like South Africa

Haiti cholera victims threaten to drag UN to court for compensation

8,000 people have lost their lives because of the disease in the past two-and-a-half years

Another plague in the offing

The rash of leptospirosis cases in Mumbai during the current monsoon points towards the gradual breakdown of health services in burgeoning …

Stopping cholera with a sari

Mucky transfer

Bangalore's sewage contaminates Tamil Nadu's water

Suspected cholera outbreak in Gujarat

Five deaths and over 200 cases of diarrhoea reported in five days

Rising trend