WHO reports 71 per cent rise in cholera deaths last year | UN News
Sep 4, 2024 · The number of deaths caused by cholera is on the rise, according to global cholera statistics for 2023 published by the World Health Organization (WHO) on Wednesday. Over 4000 people died from...
WHO announces global resurgence of cholera cases in 2024 - UN News
Jun 20, 2024 · The UN World Health Organization (WHO) has announced a spike in cholera in several regions of the world, with almost 195,000 cases and over 1,900 deaths reported in 24 countries since the start...
Cholera – Global situation - World Health Organization (WHO)
Nov 30, 2022 · Despite being easily treatable with rehydration solution, cholera remains a global threat due to its high morbidity and mortality in vulnerable populations with a lack of access to adequate health care. Seven distinct pandemics of cholera have …
Cholera cases soar globally; Malawi, Haiti deadliest ... - UN News
Jan 16, 2024 · The world enters 2024 with soaring cases of cholera globally, with over 667,000 cases and more than 4,000 deaths last year, UN agencies have reported.
Cholera Deaths Soar Worldwide Despite Being Easily Preventable
Sep 11, 2024 · The cholera outbreaks spreading across the globe are becoming more deadly. Deaths from the diarrheal disease soared last year, far outpacing the increase in cases, according to a new analysis by...
Cholera – Global situation - World Health Organization (WHO)
Since mid-2021, the world is facing an acute upsurge of the 7 th cholera pandemic characterized by the number, size and concurrence of multiple outbreaks, the spread to areas free of cholera for decades and alarming high mortality rates.
New analysis confirms world seeing an upsurge of cholera
Sep 22, 2023 · Comprehensive cholera statistics for 2022, published by WHO today, shed light on the scale and extent of the ongoing cholera upsurge. While data for cholera remain inadequate, cases reported to WHO in 2022 were more than double those in 2021.
Global cholera deaths are surging, WHO says | CIDRAP
1 day ago · Global cholera deaths are surging, WHO says. The number of cholera cases reported in 2024 has declined compared with 2023, but deaths have more than doubled, according to the latest outbreak report from the World Health Organization (WHO). Through September 29, a total of 437,724 cholera cases have been reported across five of the six WHO ...
Global Stockpile of Cholera Vaccine Is Gone as Outbreaks Spread
Apr 11, 2024 · Doses of cholera vaccine are being given to patients as fast as they are produced and the global stockpile has run completely dry, as deadly outbreaks of the disease continue to spread.
Cholera confirmed in Lebanon, risk of spread 'very high': WHO
Oct 16, 2024 · Lebanon's health ministry said a cholera case had been confirmed in a Lebanese national who went to hospital on Monday suffering from watery diarrhea and dehydration. The patient, from Ammouniyeh ...