A record number of outbreaks have been reported after droughts, floods and wars have forced large numbers of people to live in unsanitary conditions.
Tag: Cholera
Haiti Appeals for Armed Intervention and Aid to Quell Chaos
Prime Minister Ariel Henry and his government asked the international community to step in, largely to control gang violence that has ravaged the capital.
Cholera ‘Forever Destroyed’ U.N.’s Image in Haiti, Ban Ki-moon Says
In a memoir, the former secretary general said the United Nations should have done far more to combat a cholera scourge traced to peacekeepers. But he also criticized Haitian leaders and the lawyers who sued him.
As Fighting Surges, Yemen Is Hit With 1st Cluster of Covid-19 Infections
A handful of coronavirus cases in Aden appeared to confirm fears that the virus has been spreading, stoking concerns of an outbreak that could quickly overwhelm Yemen’s devastated health system.
Mozambique Cyclone Wiped Out the Nation’s Food. Now Aid is in Short Supply.
International donors gave tens of millions to help Mozambique — a far cry from the nearly one billion dollars pledged to rebuild Notre-Dame in Paris.
Amid a Cyclone’s Floods and Destruction, Mozambique Finds Shards of Hope
Our correspondent found both sorrow and resilience in one of the poorest corners of the planet after a savage storm left tens of thousands homeless.
After the Storm, a Fight for Survival in Mozambique
Idai was the deadliest cyclone to hit southern Africa in over a century. Augusto Brás and his wife, Amélia, lost their home and their son in the flooding. Now, with their crops ruined and the next big harvest a year away, staying alive is a daily strug…
Global Health: Cholera Is Spreading in Mozambique, and It’s Far From the Only Health Threat
About two million people are displaced, cholera has broken out, and malaria is expected. But doses of cholera vaccine have arrived, and the humanitarian crisis may yet be contained, aid agencies say.
Cholera Cases Hit Cyclone-Stricken Mozambique with Far More Feared
The medical charity Doctors Without Borders said it is seeing 200 likely cholera cases a day just in the Mozambique port of Beira.
Cholera, Lurking Symptom of Yemen’s War, Appears to Make Roaring Comeback
Health workers said that in some areas, suspected or confirmed cases have jumped to 2,000 per week from 140.