Zimbabwe is fighting a cholera outbreak that claimed the lives of almost 500 people, and in order to contain a new outbreak, the country has started an emergency polio vaccination campaign.
One of the biggest cholera outbreaks in recent memory is being tackled in Malaqi. More than 8,000 people have been infected and more than 250 people have died as a result of its nationwide spread.
According to Nigerian health officials, nearly 1,800 people have died from cholera this year, with outbreaks reported in more than 20 states. Nigeria’s Federal Ministry of Environment is advocating appropriate hygiene and planning mass cleanups in impacted areas to battle the bacterial disease spread by contaminated water
Orlando Bloom visited the Mutua resettlement area in Beira, currently home to around 1,500 people affected by the cyclones, nearly half of whom are children. Bloom danced and sang with young children and spoke to them about their hopes and dreams for the future
In the wake of Cyclone Idai’s devastation, Mozambique now faces 1,000 cases of cholera. The soaring disease toll follows storm-surge flooding that contaminated wells with sewage
Mozambique’s government and aid agencies have launched a cholera vaccination campaign Wednesday in the port city of Beira to treat nearly a million people affected by Cyclone Idai
2 million people were newly displaced last year; 7.3 million children are out of school; 300,000 children die each year before their fifth birthday; 3 in 10 women are reported to be victims of sexual violence; and in January alone there were 7,000 cases of measles and 3,500 cases of cholera