Kenya’s improving life expectancy is a positive milestone, but comes with new health challenges, the Kenya Association of Physicians has cautioned.KAP Nairobi branch chairperson Dr Rosslyn Ngugi said ...

The Health Department has confirmed a cholera outbreak in Dibrugarh district, identifying two confirmed cases and several ...

The war in Sudan has unleashed a catastrophe that extends far beyond the destruction of infrastructure and the tragic loss of ...

Noum, including many women and children. Witnesses told The Associated Press that hundreds of fighters rampaged through the ...

A cholera outbreak in Sudan’s Darfur region killed 40 people and infected more than 2,300 in a single week, the worst in years.

A two-year conflict in Sudan has displaced millions of people and triggered what the UN is calling the world's worst humanitarian crisis. Hunger and disease are spreading, with health workers now ...

Unicef -Newsday Zimbabwe THE response towards funding for humanitarian needs in Zimbabwe remains critically low, a Unicef ...

Cholera is a deadly diarrhoeal disease spread through ingesting contaminated food and water. Entirely preventable, it can kill within hours if a severe case is left untreated. The World Health ...

Cholera is typically treated by replenishing the body's fluids, salts, sugars and minerals that are lost through diarrhoea. Rehydration solutions and plenty of fluids are usually the go-to treatment.

Researchers at the Nigerian Institute of Medical Research, Yaba, Lagos, have said that to avert a fresh cholera outbreak in the country during the forthcoming rainy season, Nigerians must keep ...