Largest-ever global response to cholera targets 2 million people in Africa

May 08, 2018, at 01:33 pm

New York, May 8 (IBNS): The largest cholera vaccination drive in history targeting two million people across Africa is underway, the United Nations announced on Monday, in response to a series of recent deadly outbreaks of the water-borne disease.

UN inaugurates water project in Haiti benefiting 60,000 people as part of fight against cholera

Dec 13, 2016, at 02:22 pm

New York, Dec 13 (Just Earth News): Sandra Honoré, the Special Representative of the Secretary-General (SRSG) for Haiti and Head of the United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH), inaugurated on 8 December a water capture and distribution project in the town of Merger, an hour outside of the Caribbean nation’s capital Port au Prince.

Cholera-like disease ‘piggybacking’ on El Nino to reach new shores: Study

Mar 03, 2016, at 01:38 am

London, Mar 2 (IBNS) New research just published has highlighted how El Nino could be transporting and spreading waterborne diseases like cholera thousands of miles, across oceans, with significant impacts for public health.

Cholera eradication in Haiti will take 'some years,' says outgoing UN coordinator

Jul 01, 2015, at 04:20 pm

New York, July 1 (IBNS) While some 16,000 new cases of cholera have been reported in Haiti so far this year, the disease is now under control but it will not be eradicated unless improving water and sanitation conditions are given a higher priority by both the Government and donors, says the outgoing United Nations official tasked with leading the response to the outbreak.