The weekly Global Overview aggregates information from a range of sources and provides the latest updates on and a ranking of current humanitarian crises.
World + 47 more
World + 47 more
The weekly Global Overview aggregates information from a range of sources and provides the latest updates on and a ranking of current humanitarian crises.
World + 51 more
The weekly Global Overview aggregates information from a range of sources and provides the latest updates on and a ranking of current humanitarian crises.
A new study is the first to show that this particular oral cholera vaccine provides protection very quickly, and lends support to its use in control of future outbreaks.
Guinea-Bissau + 2 more
More than 700 people have been sickened by cholera in Guinea-Bissau. Isolated health centres, insufficient medical personnel and detrimental traditional beliefs have contributed to the prevalence.
Sierra Leone + 3 more
More virulent than the ones traditionally found on the continent, this same strain was responsible for more than 8,000 deaths in Haïti and has touched down in West Africa in recent years.
World + 5 more
The number of people infected in the region is down but officials warn that if the rains are as strong as last year, the risk of a similar spike in outbreaks as occurred in 2012 is high.
Sierra Leone + 2 more
Water and sanitation projects in cholera hotbeds might directly affect only a relatively small population, but the indirect impact in terms of cholera reduction could be immense.
Sierra Leone + 1 more
The cholera epidemic that struck Guinea and Sierra Leone in 2012 is winding down. What to do now? Start preparing - for cholera.
Guinea + 1 more
The new strains secrete a toxin more severe than usual strains, creating a more virulent illness - with harsher symptoms and a higher infection rate, according to cholera experts in the region
Sierra Leone + 1 more
Highlights An outbreak of cholera in Guinea and Sierra Leone has led to more than 21,772 cases and 362 deaths since the beginning of the year. Over half of reported cases and fatalities occurred in August. In Sierra Leone, the epidemic is already the worst since 1995, and figures in Guinea may...
Guinea + 1 more
FREETOWN, 31 August 2012 (IRIN) - Heavy rainfall is accelerating the spread of cholera in Sierra Leone and Guinea, where existing health risks such as poor hygiene practices, unsafe water sources and improper waste management are believed to have triggered the disease which has killed 327 people and...
Sierra Leone + 3 more
FREETOWN/CONAKRY/ACCRA/DAKAR, 16 August 2012 (IRIN) - Aid agencies are scrambling to treat thousands of cholera patients in Sierra Leone's capital, Freetown, where the number of infections is mounting by over 250 per day. Most patients are from the city's various urban slums, where open defecation...
Sierra Leone + 6 more
FREETOWN/DAKAR, 10 July 2012 (IRIN) - After years of cyclical cholera outbreaks in West Africa, water and sanitation standards are still notoriously low in most of the affected countries, but in some areas the cholera response is working better now than in the past. IRIN spoke to governments and aid...
London, 1 June 2012 - Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders (MSF) has vaccinated 117,000 people against cholera in the region of Boffa, 150 km north of Conakry, the Guinean capital. This is the first time that people in Africa have been protected during a cholera outbreak by a two-dose...