Cholera

A child infected with cholera receives treatment in the cholera isolation centre at the refugee camps of western Sudan, in Tawila city in Darfur, on August 12, 2025

Cholera is more than a medical challenge—it’s a political one

It persists because poverty, inequality, conflict and displacement persist

Hakainde Hichilema and Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus 25 October 2025

Pilirani Wanja, a clinician at Ndirande Health Centre, demonstrates to clients how to take the cholera vaccine in response to the latest cholera outbreak in Blantyre, Malawi, November 16, 2022. REUTERS/Eldson Chagara

Fears Malawi's Cholera Outbreak Could Worsen in Rainy Season

Malawi is in the grip of a cholera outbreak which has spread across the country, killing 292 people and infecting 9447 since March when the first case was reported, according to health minister…

24 November 2022

Lebanon's Health Minister Firas Abiad speaks during a press conference on the first case of cholera, in Beirut, Lebanon, Friday, Oct. 7, 2022. Abiad announced the crisis-hit country's first case of cholera in decades. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)

Lebanon Inspecting New Suspected Cases of Cholera

Lebanon’s health minister said on Friday that authorities are inspecting suspected cases of cholera, less than a day after the cash-strapped country confirmed its first case of the illness since 1993…

AP 07 October 2022

Moral Virtue in the Time of Cholera

In April, British Prime MinisterBoris Johnsonbecame one of the first high-profile world leaders to contract the novel coronavirus. He was hospitalized for about a week, including several nervous days…

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Saudi Arabia scores ally upgrade in Washington

Basem Khandakji on exile, imprisonment, and purpose

Trump presents Ukraine with a ‘very tough choice’

UK chancellor aims to strike a balance with her 2025 budget

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