“Moral responsibility”: A decade after UN-linked cholera outbreak, Haitians demand justice
ANASTASIA MOLONEY, of Thomson Reuters Foundation, reports on Haitians’ fight for compensation from the UN in the wake of a cholera outbreak…
Postcards: Staying home means starving to death for millions displaced in Yemen
AMAL MAMOON reports for Thomson Reuters Foundation from the al-Kadaha camp for displaced people in Taiz, Yemen…
Aid workers race to contain cholera outbreak in cyclone-hit Mozambique
Nairobi, Kenya Thomson Reuters Foundation Aid workers were on Tuesday racing to contain a cholera outbreak in northern Mozambique after a powerful cyclone contaminated water sources and damaged health clinics. Cyclone Kenneth crashed into the province of Cabo Delgado on 25th April, flattening entire villages and killing more than 40 people. More than 200,000 people […]
Cholera cases spike in violence-hit Yemeni port
Thomson Reuters Foundation The number of suspected cholera cases in the violence-hit Yemeni port city of Hodeidah has almost tripled, a charity said on Tuesday, warning the disease could kill hundreds of thousands of children already weak from malnourishment. Save the Children said the health facilities it supported had recorded a 170 per cent increase […]
Aid prize winner spotlights water crisis in Kenya’s slums
Thomson Reuters Foundation Thousands of lives are at risk in Kenya’s slums as dirty water and poor sanitation fuel the spread of deadly diseases, said the winner of the world’s largest humanitarian prize on Wednesday. Kenyan charity Shining Hope For Communities – which provides clean water, sanitation and health services to more than 200,000 slum […]
Yemen risks new cholera outbreak as rainy season begins
Thomson Reuters Foundation Yemen’s rainy season will likely trigger another wave of cholera, putting millions at risk in the war-torn country, which is still reeling from one of the world’s worst outbreaks of the killer disease, scientists warned last week. Experts also called for a public health campaign during Ramadan, which begins mid-May, after research […]
HAITI: UN CRITICISED FOR FAILING ON PROMISE TO HELP CHOLERA VICTIMS
ANASTASIA MOLONEY, of the Thomson Reuters Foundation, reports on the fight against cholera in Haiti in the aftermath of the devastating 2010 earthquake…
Cholera kills 40 Congolese in overcrowded Uganda refugee camps
Thomson Reuters Foundation A cholera outbreak in overcrowded refugee camps in Uganda has killed about 40 people and infected more than 2,000 as health workers rush to stem the spread, aid agencies said on Thursday. Nearly 70,000 people from the Democratic Republic of Congo have fled to Uganda this year due to a surge in […]
Cholera threatens Congo’s capital as hundreds die from lack of treatment
Thomson Reuters Foundation Democratic Republic of Congo is racing to contain a cholera outbreak that has swept through villages ravaged by conflict and is now spreading quickly in the overcrowded capital, officials and health workers said on Tuesday. Cholera outbreaks occur regularly in the vast Central African country but this is the worst in more […]
Almost 2,000 people have died of cholera in Yemen as number of suspected cases tops 500,000, says WHO
Almost 2,000 people have died in a cholera outbreak in Yemen since April while more than 500,000 people in the nation are now suspected of having the disease, according to the latest figures from the World Health Organization. The UN agency has warned that a lack of clean water or access to health care is […]