The UN World Health Organization (WHO) has been at the forefront of the emergency response, delivering critical medical supplies and coordinating lifesaving care. However, hospitals are overwhelmed, ...

Convened by more than 15 countries, 20 regional health agencies, health emergency networks and other partners, “Exercise Polaris” was designed to test a new global coordination mechanism for health ...

The war has worsened conditions for civilians as the M23 rebel group has seized more territory in eastern DRC.

The southern province of Tanganyika is grappling with a rapidly escalating cholera outbreak that poses a serious threat to ...

Cholera has killed five people as the country scrambles to respond to the outbreak that has affected Nairobi, Kisumu and ...

Nairobi County issues cholera outbreak alert following reported cases in Kibera, hospitals urged to activate rapid response ...

Philippe Barboza, cholera team lead at the World Health Organisation (WHO), said that this year already, 100,000 cholera cases and 1,300 deaths had been reported. Preliminary data showed that 810,000 ...

Conditions could get even tougher for the huge relief effort after weather officials warned unseasonal rain could threaten ...

A genomic study of hydrogen-producing bacteria has revealed entirely new gene clusters capable of producing large volumes of ...

A genomic study of hydrogen-producing bacteria has revealed entirely new gene clusters capable of producing large volumes of hydrogen.

The government has pledged to combat cholera outbreaks by improving access to safe drinking water and enhancing sanitation ...

More than 3,000 people have died from the 7.7 magnitude earthquake that struck Burma last week, which has sent the country ...