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Multiple disease outbreaks heighten public health emergencies for children across Eastern and Southern Africa – UNICEF
NAIROBI, 19 February 2025 - Public health emergencies, including outbreaks of cholera, mpox and, more recently, viral haemorrhagic fevers, are posing significant threats to the safety and wellbeing of millions of children in Eastern and Southern Africa, UNICEF said today. The high number of health crises, often w...
Report
UNICEF Eastern and Southern Africa El Niño Call to Action
UNICEF is sounding the alarm on the dire situation faced by children and vulnerable communities who are bearing the brunt of the climate crisis, intensified by El Niño, in Eastern and Southern Africa. In the region, over 49 million people including 27 million children are in need across 18 countries.Together with ...
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UNICEF Comoros works with national authorities to protect children from Cholera
At the end of January 2024, rumors spread throughout Moroni, the capital of the Union of the Comoros, and across social media networks regarding passengers on a boat from Tanzania who had just arrived in Moroni and exhibiting symptoms of strange illness characterized by diarrhea and vomiting. Rumor has it that one...
Appeal
Cholera Outbreak in Eastern and Southern Africa
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Cholera surge in Comoros
A cholera outbreak was declared by the Union of Comoros on 2 February 2024, threatening the lives of children. As of February 18, 2024, a total of 83 cholera cases, with a significant number of cases involving children between the ages of 10–19. Six fatalities have been reported, including 4 children. In the face of this crisis, UNICEF has…, UNICEF’s response, Efforts have been concentrated on enhancing case management capabilities for severe cho...
Media advisory
As cholera remains a concern in the region, UNICEF and partners are working to support vulnerable children and families
Nairobi, 13 February 2024 – Since 2023, 13 countries in Eastern and Southern Africa have battled one of the worst cholera outbreaks to hit the region, most recently Zimbabwe, Zambia and Comoros. In some countries, 52 per cent of all cases are children under 15 years, with children under 5 accounting for approximately 40 per cent of deaths and 30…
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ESARO Guidance Note to Support Safe School Operations during Cholera Outbreaks
The cholera epidemic that affected multiple countries in Eastern and Southern Africa in 2023 persists and continues to impact the region in increasing number of countries, placing a significant strain on communities and healthcare facilities. To support UNICEF country offices in the region with response and advoca...
Remarks
Remarks by the UNICEF Regional Director for Eastern and Southern Africa, Etleva Kadilli, at the extraordinary meeting of ministers of health on cholera hosted virtually by The Republic of Angola
As delivered Honourable Silvia Lutucuta, Minister of Health for the Republic of Angola and Chairperson of the Committee of SADC Ministers of Health Honorable Ministers and Deputy Ministers of Health from SADC countries, Your Excellency Executive Secretary of SADC Your Excellency, Dr. Jean Kaseya, Director General of Africa CDC Dr. Matshidiso Moeti…
Press release
As cholera cases continue to rise in parts of Southern Africa, UNICEF calls for increased focus on children in the cholera response
Nairobi, 15 January 2024 – The cholera epidemic that affected multiple countries in Eastern and Southern Africa in 2023 persists and continues to impact the region, placing additional strain on communities and healthcare facilities. Since 2023, 13 countries in the region have battled one of the worst cholera outbreaks to hit the region in years…
News note
UNICEF Geneva Palais briefing note: Triple impact of cyclone, cholera and flooding threatening survival and well-being of children in Mozambique
MAPUTO, 25 April 2023 – “More than 28,000 cases of cholera have now been recorded in Mozambique. This is ten times the figure reported at the start of February, and more than half of cases are among children. “Case numbers continue to increase, putting children and families at ever more risk. And now, cases of malaria and diarrhoea, other leading…
Appeal
Cholera outbreak in Eastern and Southern Africa
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Press release
In wake of Cyclone Freddy, amid disruption to critical services, cholera surges in Mozambique
Maputo, 20 March 2023 – One week after Cyclone Freddy made landfall for a second time in Mozambique, creating severe disruption to critical services, the threat of cholera is growing rapidly for children and families. Thanks to preparation efforts by Government, the number of deaths and people displaced by the cyc...