Pregnant, breastfeeding women among most at risk in Yemen's cholera outbreak

Aug 18, 2017, at 01:24 pm

New York, Aug 18(Just Earth News): In the midst of the cholera outbreak in Yemen, where an average 5,000 people fall sick every day, the United Nations population agency is warning about the dangers to pregnant and breastfeeding women.

Quick response critical to stem year-long cholera outbreak in South Sudan – UN agency

Aug 09, 2017, at 09:47 am

New York, Aug 9(Just Earth News): Rapid responses are critical to stemming a cholera outbreak that has afflicted South Sudan for more than a year, exacerbating an already dire humanitarian situation that has left approximately four million people displaced by conflict, according to the UN migration agency.

Yemen hit by world's worst cholera outbreak as cases reach 200,000 – UN

Jun 25, 2017, at 01:21 pm

New York, June 25(Just Earth News): Yemen is now facing the worst cholera outbreak in the world, with suspected cases exceeding 200,000 and the number increasing at an average of 5,000 a day, the United Nations warned on Saturday.

Aid workers race to contain Yemen cholera outbreak, UN agencies report

Jun 21, 2017, at 03:50 pm

New York, June 21(Just Earth News): A “race” is under way to contain the cholera epidemic in Yemen where 20 out of 22 governorates are affected, United Nations agencies said on Tuesday.

Act before time runs out, urges UNICEF, as Yemen grapples with ‘unprecedented’ cholera outbreak

Jun 01, 2017, at 10:33 am

New York, June 1(Just Earth News): Amid an “unprecedented” increase in suspected cholera cases in war-torn Yemen – where medical facilities are teetering on the edge of collapse – the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has stepped up its response but warned that time may be “running out.”

UN aids Yemenis in embattled Mokha; warns on cholera outbreak

May 17, 2017, at 04:58 am

New York, May 16(Just Earth News): The United Nations refugee agency on Tuesday confirmed that for only the third time this year, its field teams were able to distribute humanitarian aid in the embattled district of Mokha, in Yemen's Red Sea governorate of Taizz.

As rainy season starts, UN health agency warns of cholera outbreak in drought-hit Somalia

May 06, 2017, at 01:25 pm

New York, May 6(Just Earth News): Somalia is suffering from the largest cholera outbreak in the past five years and the number of people killed is expected to double by the end of June, the United Nations health agency.

‘We have to do the right thing,’ deputy UN chief says on intensified response to cholera outbreak in Haiti

Oct 26, 2016, at 01:36 pm

New York, Oct 26 (Just Earth News): Deputy Secretary-General Jan Eliasson on Tuesday urged the international community to show solidarity with the Haitian people as they struggle to cope with the impact Hurricane Matthew and an ongoing cholera epidemic, particularly through financial support for the new United Nations system-wide approach to tackle the spread of the disease.

Haiti awaits full implementation of UN pledges on cholera outbreak, President tells Assembly

Sep 24, 2016, at 02:09 pm

New York, Sept 24 (Just Earth News): Warning of a “significant humanitarian deterioration” following fresh outbreaks of cholera in his country, Haitian President Jocelerme Privert took to the podium of the United Nations General Assembly on Friday to call for swift implementation of Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s urgent appeal for redoubled efforts to fight the scourge and aid its victims.

Iraq: WHO mobilizes immunization campaign to help control cholera outbreak

Nov 04, 2015, at 01:23 pm

New York, Nov 4 (IBNS): The World Health Organization (WHO) has mobilized 510,000 dozes of oral cholera vaccine (OCV) to be administered to an estimated 250,000 displaced persons in Iraq, in an effort to curtail the cholera outbreak which is now feared to be spreading to neighbouring countries.