Cholera is a severe diarrheal disease caused by consuming water or food contaminated with the bacteria Vibrio cholerae. Symptoms include diarrhea and vomiting, which can lead to severe dehydration. It ...

Global cholera vaccine supply has now increased to a level sufficient to allow the resumption of life-saving preventive campaigns for the first time in over three years, Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, ...

The arrival of rapid diagnostic test (RDT) kits for cholera in Malawi today signals the start of a global programme that will see more than 1.2 million tests distributed to 14 countries at high risk ...

Here are the common causes and preventions of cholera. Contaminated water, such as tap water from contaminated supplies, ice or drinks made from unclean water, and infected water used for growing ...

Safe water practices and handwashing can help prevent cholera. Severe cholera can cause rapid dehydration, which must be ...

Experts outline key cholera prevention measures for Lagos residents amid flood alerts. Learn how to stay safe from ...

While cholera may have been killing people as far back as 400 B.C., it didn't start affecting the Americas until the second cholera pandemic began in 1829. Numerous other cholera pandemics followed, ...

A pandemic emerges. It spreads around the world, claims lives and devastates economies for decades. Climate change makes it even deadlier. It infects hundreds of millions of people and kills millions, ...

JMIR Publications has released a critical analysis in its News and Perspectives section regarding the global resurgence of ...

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