The death of a three- year-old boy at Chileka Health Centre in January 2026 cast a harsh spotlight on Blantyre’s growing ...

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BLANTYRE, Malawi (AP) — The southern African nation of Malawi began a cholera vaccination rollout this week in a bid to stem the threat of the disease that kills tens of thousands of people globally ...

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NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Cholera remains a “major battle” in Africa, according to the Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, which warned Thursday of more cases as the rainy season begins in ...

Study finds that flies can transmit cholera-causing pathogens. Africa carries the largest cholera burden, which is why an oral cholera vaccine trial is timeous. University of the Witwatersrand Study ...

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"Action is needed, not tomorrow, but really now," said Yap Boum of the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention. He's talking about a disease that has been around for centuries — cholera — ...

The role that flies play in spreading cholera—a bacterial disease that causes severe diarrhea and dehydration—has been underestimated in Africa, which carries the largest burden of the disease.