cholera outbreak

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UN committed to a ‘brighter future’ for Haiti, as independent rights experts call for more action on behalf of cholera victims

30 April 2020
Human Rights

A group of 13 independent UN human rights experts on Thursday called on the UN chief, António Guterres, to “urgently step up efforts” to fulfill a UN pledge to help victims of a nine-year-long cholera epidemic in Haiti that killed over 10,000 citizens.

WHO Sudan

Cholera prevention efforts underway to protect millions in Sudan’s Khartoum state

6 November 2019
Health

A campaign has got underway to prevent the spread of a deadly cholera outbreak to Sudan’s populous Khartoum state, home to more than eight million people, UN medics said on Wednesday.

UNICEF/Sadeq Al-Wesabi

Progress made but challenges remain in life-saving cholera vaccination campaign for Hudaydah: UNICEF

6 August 2018
Interviews

The key Yemeni port city of Hudaydah is facing a new deadly cholera outbreak. To mitigate the risks, the Ministry of Health and the UN launched a week-long cholera oral vaccination campaign to target the most vulnerable. Grant Philip Leaity, UNICEF’s Deputy Director for Emergency Programmes, told Yasmina Guerda about the progress made so far and the challenges teams still face on the ground.

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UN OCHA/Giles Clarke

Damage to civilian infrastructure ‘jeopardizes everything we’re trying to do’ in Yemen: UN coordinator

1 August 2018
Interviews

Damage to the civilian infrastructure in the Yemeni port city of Hudaydah could “jeopardize everything” relief operations are trying to do, said UN Special Humanitarian Coordinator Lise Grande. The severely malnourished might be too weak to survive a cholera outbreak, which could spread quickly if water and sanitation facilities are not kept safe from contamination.

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WHO responding to the cholera outbreak in Yemen.
WHO Yemen

"Unprecedented" Yemen cholera outbreak must be halted, says WHO

19 May 2017
General News

A resurgent cholera outbreak in war-torn Yemen has spread with “unprecedented” speed and taken medical professionals by surprise, the UN said on Friday.

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Dadaab camp.
UNHCR

Rain exacerbates cholera outbreak at refugee complex in Kenya

5 January 2016
General News

A culmination of issues, including excess rains, has exacerbated a cholera outbreak at the world’s largest site for displaced people, the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) has said.

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A health worker gives a cholera prevention and treatment pamphlet to a family in Sadr City, Baghdad.
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Iraq battles cholera outbreak

6 November 2015
General News

UN agencies and their partners are working to combat a cholera outbreak in Iraq that so far has resulted in more than 2,200 cases of the diarrhoeal disease.

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