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WHO appeals for $1.5 billion to address crises from Gaza to Afghanistan

Tue, 2024-01-16 17:46 — mike kraft

WHO appeals for $1.5 bln to address crises from Gaza to Afghanistan The World Health Organization (WHO) on Monday appealed for $1.5 billion in funding to respond to the health needs of millions of people caught up in dozens of humanitarian crises around the globe, from Ukraine and Gaza to Afghanistan. Reuters Reuters

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Cholera vaccine supplies depleted as the disease surges--WHO

Fri, 2022-12-16 10:55 — mike kraft

We've run out of cholera vaccines, WHO official says as disease surges The global stockpile is "currently empty or extremely low", a WHO official said, with 30 countries reporting outbreaks this year. Emma Farge Reuters

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Haiti receives first shipments of cholera vaccines: WHO

Tue, 2022-12-13 09:47 — mike kraft

Haiti receives first shipments of cholera vaccines: WHO Haiti has received more than 1 million doses of oral cholera vaccines as it battles a worsening cholera outbreak that has been particularly deadly for children, the World Health Organization said on Tuesday. Reuters Reuters

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Haiti cholera outbreak worsens, COVID-19 cases rise in Americas - PAHO

Wed, 2022-11-16 12:14 — mike kraft

Haiti cholera outbreak worsens, COVID-19 cases rise in Americas - PAHO The cholera situation in Haiti continues to worsen while COVID-19 cases rose over the past week, the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) said on Wednesday. Steven Grattan Reuters

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The U.N. is mulling another mission to Haiti. Haitians are skeptical.

Mon, 2022-11-14 17:59 — mike kraft

The U.N. is mulling another mission to Haiti. Haitians are skeptical. Foreign intervention is a delicate and divisive subject in the beleaguered Caribbean nation. The 2010 cholera outbreak and the U.N. response show why. Washington Post

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Cholera outbreak in Syria, toll rises in Haiti

Fri, 2022-11-11 17:26 — mike kraft

Poor access to safe water fuels cholera outbreak in Syria Poor access to safe water has exacerbated a cholera outbreak rampaging across Syria's war-battered provinces, where local authorities are struggling to contain the spread with chlorine tablets and vaccines. Reuters Reuters

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Cholera Outbreaks Surge Worldwide as Vaccine Supply Drains

Mon, 2022-10-31 09:33 — mike kraft

A record number of cholera outbreaks around the globe, driven by droughts, floods and armed conflicts, has sickened hundreds of thousands of people and so severely strained the supply of cholera vaccines that global health agencies are rationing doses.

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Cholera: shortages of vaccines prompts WHO to urge using only one dose instead instead of twoe

Wed, 2022-10-19 12:41 — mike kraft

WHO advises using 1 dose of cholera vaccine due to shortage GENEVA (AP) — The World Health Organization and its partners are recommending that countries temporarily switch to using a single dose of the cholera vaccine instead of two due to a supply shortage as outbreaks of the water-borne disease surge globally. AP NEWS

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Haiti risks new diseases amid cholera outbreak that has killed 18, says PAHO

Wed, 2022-10-12 19:22 — mike kraft

Haiti risks new diseases amid cholera outbreak that has killed 18, says PAHO Civil unrest is making it harder to contain a new outbreak of cholera in Haiti just as other diseases threaten to ignite new health crises, the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) said Wednesday. Reuters Reuters

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Sixteen confirmed cholera deaths in Haiti--UN

Tue, 2022-10-11 09:52 — mike kraft

UN spokesperson: 16 confirmed cholera deaths in Haiti There have been 16 confirmed deaths from cholera in Haiti and 32 confirmed cases, a United Nations spokesperson said on Tuesday, citing the latest figures from U.N. humanitarian workers there. Reuters Reuters

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