Cholera

Haiti's government requests help of international armed forces to quell chaos

Many Haitians have rejected the idea of another international intervention, noting that UN peacekeepers were accused of sexual assault and sparked a cholera epidemic more than a decade ago that killed nearly 10,000 people

Explained: Why Nepal’s Kathmandu has banned Paani Puri

Nepal’s health ministry says traces of Cholera bacteria have been found in the water used in Paani Puri in Kathmandu

North Korea reports another infectious disease outbreak amid COVID-19 wave

Some observers say the 'an enteric epidemic' refers to an infectious disease like typhoid, dysentery or cholera, which routinely occur in North Korea

Split doses, delay second shot, inject into skin; in crises, vaccines can be 'stretched': Experts

There is hard evidence that fractional doses and delayed doses have worked when doctors have tried them out of desperation.

Chinmay Tumbe on his new book that investigates major pandemics, and how they influenced India, the world

In 'The Age of Pandemics', Tumbe specifically focuses on the period between 1817 to 1920, which witnessed nearly five percent of the mid-point global population —or 70 million people — being wiped out by pandemics.

During monsoon, Vitamin D deficiency, diarrhoea, malaria among health issues that can affect humans

Weather changes, moisture and an abundance of allergens usually make monsoon season very difficult for those who have asthma or are prone to respiratory allergies.

Pakistan takes a step towards ensuring safe drinking water. Here's why this is an important development

Dirty water causes a host of diseases such as dysentery, polio, typhoid, cholera and chronic diarrhoea to name a few.

Toll from cholera outbreak in Lake Chad region crosses 500; UN says more than six million people at risk of disease

The Lake Chad region straddles parts of Nigeria, Cameroon, Chad and Niger, which are all facing the crisis of a cholera outbreak.

Diarrhoea took more lives than any other water-borne disease in past five years, govt data shows

Over five years to 2017, water-borne diseases — cholera, diarrhoea, typhoid and viral hepatitis — caused 10,738 deaths, latest government data shows

Yemen will face mass famine unless Saudi Arabia-led coalition ends blockade of aid, warns UN

Some 17 million people in Yemen are in desperate need of food, seven million of whom are at risk of famine and cholera has caused more than 2,000 deaths.