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Cholera spreading in Somalia

A cholera epidemic is spreading in famine-hit Somalia, with alarming numbers of cases among people driven to the capital Mogadishu by a lack of food and water, the WHO said.

Haiti cholera to hit 800,000

Up to 800,000 Haitians will contract cholera this year, double the estimates of UN agencies, claimed The Lancet.

Cholera causing more deaths

Cholera bacteria have undergone important mutations in recent years, causing longer outbreaks of the disease with increased fatalities, researchers reported.

World Bank gives millions to Haiti

The World Bank announced a $15 million grant to Haiti to fight a persistent cholera epidemic, which has claimed the lives of more than 3,700 people since October.

Haiti cholera death toll past 3,000

Haiti's cholera death toll has soared in recent days with 3,333 people dead, official figures have showed.

Vaccination, antibiotics in Haiti

Setting up clinics to treat Haitians with cholera is not doing anywhere near enough to tackle the epidemic there, health experts call for intensive vaccination and more antibiotics

Haiti cholera came from Asia

Detailed genetic tests confirm that the cholera strain that has killed more than 2,000 people in Haiti came from south Asia.

Haiti cholera death toll tops 1,600

The death toll from a cholera outbreak in Haiti has climbed above 1,600, according to the latest estimate from the country's health ministry.

Haiti needs doctors and nurses

Haiti needs a surge of foreign nurses and doctors to stem deaths from a raging cholera epidemic that an international aid operation is struggling to control.

Haiti cholera part of old pandemic

The cholera epidemic that has killed 1110 people in Haiti is part of a 49-year-old global pandemic and was likely brought to the Caribbean country by a single infected person.