CHOLERA
Chinese Doctors Are Helping Zambia Battle Severe Cholera Outbreak
Lying in her makeshift hospital bed, Joyce Tembo thanked medical personnel for evacuating her to…
National Health Department To Investigate Bushbuckridge Cholera Scare
The National Department of Health is in the process of investigating Mpumalanga clinicians who failed…
Fear, Hopelessness In Hammanskraal As Cholera Survivors Pick Up The Pieces
Three factors convinced Nthabiseng Mkase that things were falling apart in Hammanskraal: her six-year-old child…
Community Fears Waterborne Diseases After Sewage Spills Into Mpumalanga River
Sewage spillage has been overflowing into a river in Mpumalanga for the past four years,…
Cholera wreaking havoc in Mozambique post-Freddy
THE death toll from the worst cholera outbreak in a decade in Mozambique has risen to 97. This is up from the 35 deaths that were reported by the World Health Organisation (WHO) in early March. Then, the Southern African country had 4 979 cases of the water borne disease. The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) disclosed that Mozambique now has recorded 22 482 cases since the beginning of the year, as of April 2. “Cholera cases have been increasing…