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Mar 21, 2013

Water, Water Everywhere, Only if We Share: United Nations Celebrates World Water Day

By Steven Purcell

“Water, water, everywhere, and not drop to drink” is a phase adapted from Samuel Taylor’s 18th century poem ‘The Rime of the Ancient Mariner’. Though the thirsty sailor’s lament may perhaps only be...

water, United Nations, water-borne disease, cholera

Mar 1, 2013

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Who Will Pay for Cholera in Haiti?

By Amy Hansen

The United Nations (UN) last week rejected a legal claim for compensation to Haitian cholera victims and families, citing diplomatic immunity. The diplomatic immunity granted to UN officials...

Haiti, cholera, United Nations

Nov 19, 2012

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Cholera Returns to Cuba, Again

By Katharina Schwan

Despite the government’s reassurance that the Cuban cholera epidemic was contained in August, new cases of the infectious disease arose over the weekend. Over 200 prisoners were evacuated from...

cholera, Cuba, Boniato, Holguin

Oct 22, 2012

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DRC and Ugandan Muslims Banned from Mecca for Fear of Ebola and Cholera

By Lauren Edmundson

The Saudi Arabian government has banned people from Uganda and the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) from making this year’s pilgrimage to Mecca because of the recent cholera and Ebola epidemics...

Hajj, Mecca, cholera, Ebola, Uganda, DR Congo, Saudi Arabia

Sep 10, 2012

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Cholera Outbreak Amplified by Deplorable Conditions in Sierra Leone

By Steven Purcell

A drawn out cholera outbreak affecting Sierra Leone and neighboring Guinea has been worsened by poor living conditions and heavy rainfall. According to the UN Office for the Coordination of...

Sierre Leone, cholera, Freetown, water

Aug 31, 2012

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Cholera in Cuba Contained

By Steven Purcell

Cuba’s first cholera outbreak in over a century has ended. Cuban government declared Tuesday that the outbreak had been contained, with no new cases reported in 10 days leading up to the...

cholera, Cuba, Manzanillo

Aug 24, 2012

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Haiti At Risk: Isaac Could Bring Further Destruction And Disease

By Steven Purcell

Update: From Cate Oswald, Haiti Program Director at Partners in Health: "We’re ensuring that each hospital has enough cholera treatment materials on hand and that we have identified alternative...

Haiti, cholera, Internally Displaced Persons, Camps, water

Jul 13, 2012

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UNICEF: Cholera Outbreak in the Sahel is Only Beginning

By Lauren Edmundson

UNICEF released a statement this week warning of the fast-growing cholera outbreak in the Sahel region of west and central Africa. So far this year, 29,000 people have been infected and 700 killed...

cholera, Sahel, West Africa, Central Africa, Mali

Jul 10, 2012

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Cuba Reports Cholera Outbreak, First in Over a Century

By Jane Huston

Cholera has reportedly struck Cuba for the first time in 130 years, causing three deaths and at least 85 illnesses. The outbreak is centered in Manzanillo, a town of about 130,000 people located...

Cuba, cholera, Manzanillo

Apr 11, 2012

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Haiti: Waiting to Vaccinate

By Jane Huston

Time is ticking as aid organizations wait to launch a vaccination campaign against cholera in Haiti. The heavy seasonal rains have already begun to fall, and threaten to bring flooding,...

cholera, Haiti, Partners in Health, vaccine preventable

Apr 2, 2012

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Poor Water Quality Threatens Zimbabwe's Health

By Katharina Schwan

Zimbabwe’s water and wastewater infrastructure is in a serious form of disrepair, requiring immediate maintenance if outbreaks of waterborne illnesses such as cholera and typhoid are to be...

zimbabwe, water-borne disease, cholera, typhoid, sewage

Feb 1, 2012

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Update: Zimbabwe Reports 1,500 Cases of Typhoid

By Anna Tomasulo

The southern African nation of Zimbabwe has been dealing with an outbreak of typhoid since early November 2011. With reportedly 30 to 50 new cases a day, the total case count has surpassed 1,500...

typhoid, zimbabwe, cholera

Nov 28, 2011

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Climate Change and Infectious Disease

By Katharina Schwan

Durban, South Africa will host the most recent round of UN climate change discussions from November 28 to December 6. The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) is an...

climate change, cholera, malaria, Dengue, greenhouse gas

Oct 13, 2011

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Cholera continues to spread in West and Central Africa

By Anna Tomasulo

Since the beginning of 2011, more than 85,000 cases of cholera and 2,466 resulting deaths have been reported in West and Central Africa. According to IRIN, three multi-country epidemics are...

cholera, West Africa, Central Africa, outbreak

Sep 23, 2011

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Cholera Outbreak Likely to Worsen in Lake Chad Basin

By Amy Hansen

For the past year Chad has been fighting an outbreak of cholera. The country has recorded 12,713 cases and 364 deaths due to cholera this year. The districts of N’Djamena, Massakory, Bongor, and...

cholera, Chad

Aug 11, 2011

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Drought Brings Famine and Disease to Horn of Africa

By Amy Hansen

As the Horn of Africa – including Ethiopia, Somalia, Kenya, and Djibouti - faces its worst drought in over 50 years, thousands of Somali refugees seek shelter in the capital city of Mogadishu and...

cholera, djibouti, drought, Ethiopia, famine, Kenya, measles, polio, Somalia

Jul 18, 2011

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Cholera Hits Hard in the Democratic Republic of Congo

By Jane Huston

Cholera continues to affect the Democratic Republic of Congo, with 192 deaths and over 3,000 cases reported by the United Nations. The outbreak began in March in Kisangani and has spread along the...

cholera, DR Congo

Feb 17, 2011

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Cholera Spreading in Ghana, Côte d’Ivoire and Papau New Guinea

By healthmap

The number of deaths in Greater Accra, Ghana from cholera has risen to six with 505 cases recorded as of February 14. The 1st case was reported on January 10, and the number of cases has continued...

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Feb 11, 2011

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Cholera in New York City

By healthmap

This week New York City officials confirmed 3 cases of cholera, the first diagnoses since the outbreak in Haiti started. All the patients attended a wedding in the Dominican Republic in January. ...

cholera, new york city

Feb 3, 2011

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Cholera Spreads to Venezuela

By healthmap

The Cholera outbreak in Haiti beginning in October has infected nearly 210,000 people and killed more than 4,000. This terrible disease spread to a neighboring country, the Dominican Republic,...

cholera, venezuela

Dec 29, 2010

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2010 Year-End Special Issue

By healthmap

Here at HealthMap, we are often focused on outbreaks happening right now. As the new year approaches, we reflect on some of the outbreaks of 2010. Where were you when... Polio was imported...

polio, tajikistan, Angola, Central Africa, cholera, Haiti, Vancouver Olympics, British Columbia, World Cup, south africa, Argentina, Dengue, United States

Nov 17, 2010

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Cholera on Daru Island

By healthmap

A cholera outbreak in Papua New Guinea’s (PNG) Daru Island has Austalian official worried. This outbreak is an extension of last year’s cholera outbreak in mainland PNG. At least 16 people have...

cholera, papau new guinea, Daru Island, PNG

Nov 9, 2010

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Update on Cholera in Haiti

By healthmap

In the past 24 hours, HealthMap has received a dramatic increase in media reports, blog reports and informal communications regarding new suspected cases of cholera. Hurricane Tomas killed 20, and...

cholera, Haiti

Oct 26, 2010

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Cholera hits Haiti, Pakistan, and West Africa

By healthmap

Haiti Wednesday evening (20 October 2010), English and French media reported a surge in deaths and hospitalization from diarrhea in rural Haiti. The next day officials confirmed an outbreak of...

cholera, Haiti, Pakistan, West Africa

Oct 26, 2010

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HealthMap Provides Critical Reporting and Response Information for Haiti Cholera Outbreak

By healthmap

HealthMap is working with CrisisMappers and HumanityRoad to provide up-to-date, reliable reporting of suspected cases and clean water resources provided by groups like Water Missions International...

cholera, Haiti

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