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US Treasury official discusses cholera outbreak, debt with Zambia minister

US Treasury official discusses cholera outbreak, debt with Zambia minister

THE U.S. Treasury Department's top international official spoke with Zambia's finance minister and discussed Zambia's ongoing debt restructuring and its response to a recent cholera outbreak, the U.S. Treasury Department said. Zambia faces a major cholera outbreak that has killed at least 333 people since October, with over 8,000 cumulative cholera cases during this period, according to the website of the U.S. Embassy in Zambia. U.S. Treasury Under Secretary for International Affairs Jay Shambaugh reiterated the U.S. government's "commitment to partner with Zambia" to end the outbreak when he spoke to Zambian Finance Minister Situmbeko Musokotwane, according to the Treasury…
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Cholera death toll rises to over 420 in Cameroon

Cholera death toll rises to over 420 in Cameroon

A further 26 people have died in Cameroon's ongoing cholera outbreak in the past two weeks, taking the overall death toll to 426, a health ministry official said. The outbreak was declared in October 2021 and has seen a strong increase in cases since late March of this year after a period of low transmission, according to the World Health Organization. The number of confirmed cases in Cameroon now stands at 1,868, said ministry official Linda Esso. Cholera can cause acute diarrhoea, vomiting and weakness and is mainly spread by contaminated food or water. It can kill within hours if…
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South Africa cholera outbreak re-ignites anger over service delivery

South Africa cholera outbreak re-ignites anger over service delivery

WHEN a cholera outbreak was confirmed in Hammanskraal, just north of South Africa's capital Pretoria, it was hardly a surprise to many of its residents queuing up for handouts of bottles of clean water and soap. "If you drink the (tap) water, your stomach is running," Joyce Tshweau, 51, said, after braving the long line for the clean water meant to help curb an epidemic that has already killed 21 people. Clean water and sanitation have always been an issue in Hammanskraal, a poor area housing about 120,000 people, as it is in several parts of South Africa. It is not…
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Malawi cholera death toll rises to 180

Malawi cholera death toll rises to 180

THE death toll from a cholera outbreak in Malawi accelerated to 180 from 110 in October, the minister of health said, raising the likelihood that the situation could worsen. The first case of the debilitating infection, which spreads mainly through contaminated food and water, was reported in March in the southern district of Machinga. The case fatality rate has risen to 3% from 2.8% recorded at the start of October, Malawi's health minister Khumbize Chiponda said in a statement, adding that the total number of infections since the start of the outbreak stood at 5,939. Thomson Reuters Foundation
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