By implementing comprehensive prevention strategies and raising awareness about symptoms and preventive measures, communities can significantly reduce the burden of cholera, typhoid, and hepatitis A infections, improving overall health outcomes.
The Karnataka Health and Family Welfare Department on Friday said that six confirmed cases of cholera have been reported in the state so far this year.
Cholera outbreak: Medical teams are working round the clock in the affected villages and efforts for prevention and control in terms of water quality monitoring, patient surveillance, management and treatment.
In an update on Saturday, NCDC said a total of 14,343 suspected cases of cholera were reported from 15 states and FCT during the period, with 325 deaths, reports Xinhua news agency.
The outbreak in Nigeria has remained persistent, occurring annually mostly during the rainy season and more often in areas with poor sanitation, overcrowding, lack of clean food and water, and areas where open defecation is common practice.
Flood affected areas is the home of many diseases and if you are not aware of such diseases, we do the needful.
The onset of monsoon brings with it couple of diseases like malaria, dengue, diarrhoea, cholera, etc. Negligence of cleanliness and sanitation is an easy invitation to bacteria and viruses.
WHO has warned the citizens of Yemen that a quarter of a million people could fall sick with the disease cholera by the end of the year there.
Yemen has hit the number 605 and the numbers are expected to exceed 73,000.
St Marc: At least 142 people have died in a cholera outbreak, and aid groups are rushing in medicine and other supplies on Friday to combat Haiti's deadliest health problem since its devastating earthquake. The
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