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Three cholera cases imported to Kazakhstan from India Tengrinews.kz - Three cases of cholera have been reported in Kazakhstan this year, according to Zauresh Akhmetova, Deputy Chairman of the Committee

19 July 2024

Nepal floods death toll climbs to 101 The death toll from from landslides and flooding in Nepal has risen to 101 after rescuers recovered four more bodies.

18 August 2014

UN has 'moral responsibility' to tackle Haiti cholera: Ban The United Nations has a "moral responsibility" to help impoverished Haiti end a devastating cholera outbreak some blame on peacekeepers, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon says.

14 July 2014

Lawyers say UN chief served with Haiti lawsuit in NY Lawyers for more than 1,500 victims of Haiti's deadly cholera epidemic said they had served UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon with a personal summons to appear in US court.

21 June 2014

After 8,000 cholera deaths, Haiti faces new epidemic Hard-hit by a cholera epidemic that started in 2010, Haiti now faces a new threat in the expanding chikungunya virus, authorities said

29 May 2014

Jar of preserved intestine solves 1800s cholera mystery The intestine of an American cholera victim from the mid-1800s has yielded new clues to the evolution of the deadly bacterium and may help prevent future outbreaks, researchers said Wednesday.

09 January 2014

Southern Kazakhstan fears cholera outbreak A biological catastrophe may unfold in southern Kazakhstan.

13 November 2013

Cholera outbreak in northern Mali kills two Two people have died and 26 others have been infected by an outbreak of cholera in the city of Gao, northern Mali, a region occupied by hardline Islamist groups.

05 July 2012