More than 7,700 cholera cases, including over 1,000 cases in children under age 5, and 185 associated deaths have been reported in Khartoum state since January 2025, according to health authorities.

As of May 2025, Africa has reported approximately 130,000 cholera cases and 2,700 deaths, representing 60% of global reported cases and an alarming 93.5% of cholera-related deaths.

In a historic demonstration of political resolve and continental unity, twenty African Union (AU) Member States affected by cholera convened on 4 June 2025 for a high-level virtual meeting, following ...

As the monsoon arrives, bringing relief from the heat, it also ushers in a surge of water-borne illnesses. Cases of diarrhea, ...

The International Rescue Committee (IRC) is launching prevention efforts, including raising awareness amongst vulnerable communities of how to prevent the spread of disease, to prepare for a possible ...

The United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (UNSDG) include targets for safe drinking water, sanitation, and hygiene ...

This study evaluated the impact of drinking water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) on cholera across 89 low- and middle-income ...

The United Nations Children’s Fund, UNICEF, has donated Cholera kits, Water, Sanitation and Hygiene, WASH, kits as well as Health Commodities to the Benue state government for persons displaced ...

The Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) yesterday criticized Kuma Academy for pricing its disaster prevention kit at NT$1,380 (US$46.59), calling the kit a luxury item that the organization is using to ...

Transmission Cholera is primarily transmitted via the faecal-oral route. This happens when people consume water or food contaminated with faecal matter carrying Vibrio cholera.

Between 2011 and 2020, Odisha had 19 outbreaks of cholera. Districts such as Rayagada, Koraput, Kalahandi, and Nuapada are particularly susceptible, making cholera a prominent and pressing concern ...