Africa has recorded more than 4,200 deaths due to ongoing cholera and mpox outbreaks in different parts of the continent in 2025, the Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) has ...

The Trump administration’s cuts to USAID had an immediate and deadly impact in war-ravaged Sudan, according to civilians, doctors and aid officials.

Britain’s contribution to the Gavi international vaccine ... which officials said would protect up to 500 million children from deadly diseases including meningitis, cholera and measles. “Our ongoing ...

Campaigners warn reduction could cost lives – even if Britain remains of the largest donors to the international Gavi ...

A recent cholera outbreak among British nationals is linked to contaminated holy water from Ethiopia's Bermel Giorgis pilgrimage site.

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Here's what cholera is, what causes it and how it can be prevented and treated. What is cholera? Cholera is a bacterial infection of the intestines that leads to severe diarrhea and rapid ...

Cholera epidemics, the 'Great Stink' and miasmas combined to create a death rate in Britain's cities higher than at any time since the Black Death.

Cholera – a bacterial infection caused by contaminated food or water – first arrived in Britain in 1831 and thrived in crowded, industrial towns. A cholera epidemic in 1831–32 claimed more than 50,000 ...

To understand why not, we need to start by revisiting Britain’s major cholera and typhoid outbreaks of the 19th- and early 20th-century, which at their peaks killed hundreds of people every day.

Initially, in 1849, cholera was noticed in the sea ports of Ireland, having been brought here from Britain.