Fears rise that outbreak could cripple region Staff Reporter AMBASSADOR Téte António, Minister of External Affairs of the Republic of Angola and Chairperson of the SADC Council of Ministers, has warned that the movement of people, goods, and services across borders in the Southern African Development Community (SADC) creates an environment where cholera can easily...
SADC ministers of health convened today in an extraordinary virtual council meeting to discuss coordinated efforts to prevent and control the spread of cholera across the region. So far, five member states, including Zambia and Zimbabwe, have recorded cholera cases, which have led to hundreds of deaths. The Minister of Health and Social Services, Dr....
The Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) have pledged support of one million US dollars for the outbreak of cholera in Namibia’s neighbouring country, Zambia. Namibia, in the meantime, has increased its cholera surveillance. The Zambian outbreak has claimed more than 440 lives in 47 districts in nine provinces. Cholera cases have been...
Staff Reporter NAMIBIA is on alert and is strengthening disease surveillance and putting precautionary measures in place due to the ongoing cholera outbreak in neighbouring countries. Zambia has reported a daily average of about 400 new cases over the past days, while a total of 1,500 new suspected cases of cholera were reported in Zimbabwe....
12 Afrika-lande het nou cholera – WGO Die Wêreldgesondheidsorganisasie se Afrika-streek sê die cholera-uitbreking het na 12 lande op die vasteland versprei. ‘n Veldtog is in Zambië aan die gang om 1,5 miljoen mense, insluitend kinders, gesondheidswerkers en mense met hoë risiko’s van besmetting, in te ent. Meer as 1,4 miljoen cholera-inentingsdosisse is aan die...
Lusaka – The death toll of a cholera epidemic in Zambia has risen to 70, with more than 600 patients treated since the outbreak started two months ago, a government spokesperson said Thursday. The highest number of patients was in Kabwe, 200 kilometres north of Lusaka, where water supply is erratic. The death toll in...
Cholera: SA op hete kole Die gesondheidsdepartement in Tshwane sê hy is op ‘n hoë gereedsheidsvlak vir ‘n moontlike uitbreking van cholera met inwoners wat terugkeer uit alle dele van die land en die buurlande. Met fabrieke en skole wat heropen, het die departement voorkomende maatreëls en gesondheidsopvoedings-maatreëls ingestel. Hoewel geen gevalle tot nog toe...