A new review of the research literature led by researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health shows that cholera vaccines provide substantial protection for adults but provide ...
The southern African nation of Malawi has started a cholera vaccination rollout this week in a bid to stem the threat of a disease that kills tens of thousands of people globally each year.
Hundreds of thousands of children affected by deadly Cyclone Idai in Mozambique have been vaccinated and received vitamin A supplements in the past week, with UNICEF and partners including the World ...
The bacteria—V cholerae—colonize the small intestine where they secrete a potent enterotoxin. This toxin does not damage the intestinal lining but leads to the overproduction of cyclic AMP, which ...
ABUJA/KHARTOUM (October 4, 2024) – Death rates from major cholera outbreaks in Sudan and Nigeria have surged to up to three times the global average, putting thousands of children at risk as cases ...
Ebonyi State Government and the UNICEF have agreed to deepen collaboration to tackle open defecation, cholera, child ...