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After floods, strife-torn Sudan battles cholera as disease kills 388 in two months

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After floods, strife-torn Sudan battles cholera as disease kills 388 in two months

People collect clean water in Gedaref in eastern Sudan. Cholera is transmitted through contaminated food and water.  | Photo Credit: AFP Cholera is spreading in war-torn Sudan, killing at least 388 people and making about 13,000 others sick over the past two months, health authorities said, as more than 17 months of fighting between the…

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Panic in the time of cholera: addressing issues critical to managing a resurgence 

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Panic in the time of cholera: addressing issues critical to managing a resurgence 

There is no escaping the damage caused to health by climate change across the globe. But as we talk of innovation and AI-assisted vaccine platforms, there is, on the civic and local side, a stunning lack of attention to very simple issues — clean water, hygiene, and sanitation. The latter was greatly exacerbated again by…

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