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| June 2024 |
Cholera
Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) reports 1,141 suspected and 65 confirmed cholera cases with 30 deaths across 96 Local Government Areas in 30 states, with 10 states contributing 90 percent of the cholera burden.
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| 2022 |
Cholera
Haiti targeted certification of cholera elimination as part of efforts to end the 2010s cholera outbreak, demonstrating progress in local elimination of the disease.
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| 2019 |
Cholera
In 2019, Yemen reported 93% of global cholera cases, with 923,037 cases and 1,911 deaths recorded.
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| December 2019 | A phase 3 trial of typhoid conjugate vaccine (TCV) reported 81% fewer typhoid cases among children. |
| September 2019 |
Cholera
Between September 2019 and September 2020, a global cholera outbreak was reported with over 450,000 cases and over 900 deaths.
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| 2018 |
Cholera
Another cholera outbreak occurred in Haiti during the 2018–2023 Haitian crisis.
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| January 2018 |
Cholera
Cholera outbreak in Zambia peaks in the first week of January, with over 700 cases reported daily.
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| 2017 |
Cholera
The World Health Organization (WHO) launched the 'Ending Cholera: a global roadmap to 2030' strategy, aiming to reduce cholera deaths by 90% by 2030. The strategy was developed by the Global Task Force on Cholera Control (GTFCC) to create country-specific plans and monitor progress against cholera.
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| December 2017 |
Cholera
Cholera outbreak declared in Zambia after laboratory confirmation of Vibrio cholerae O1 from stool samples, with case numbers increasing from several hundred to approximately 2,000 by early January 2018.
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| December 2016 |
Cholera
Zambian Ministry of Health conducts a pre-emptive second-round of Oral Cholera Vaccine (OCV) campaign.
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| November 2016 | Pakistan began experiencing an outbreak of extensively drug-resistant (XDR) typhoid fever. |
| October 2016 |
Cholera
In October 2016, a severe cholera outbreak began in Yemen, described by WHO as 'the worst cholera outbreak in the world'.
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| April 2016 |
Cholera
Zambian Ministry of Health launches a reactive one-dose Oral Cholera Vaccine (OCV) campaign in three Lusaka compounds.
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| 2015 | Typhoid outbreak in Kampala, Uganda reported 10,230 cases. |
| 2010 |
Cholera
Major cholera outbreak began in Haiti, marking a significant epidemiological event in the Americas after the disease had largely disappeared for most of the 20th century.
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