Lusaka, Zambia’s capital is in the grips of a cholera crisis with 3,757 cases and 128 deaths, forcing the government to postpone school reopening by three weeks. This delay raises concerns about the 2024 academic year’s integrity. The majority of Lusaka’s 3 million residents who are squeezed into 9,150 homes per square kilometer, live in […]
At least 124 students from Scared Hearts Mukumu Girls’ High School in Kakamega County have been hospitalized with diarrhea and food poisoning symptoms. Although it was not immediately established what the students suffered from, initial tests by public health officials ruled out Cholera. The girls were admitted to the Kakamega County General Hospital and are receiving treatment […]
Eight students from Moi Girls, Mandera County ,were on Friday admitted at Cholera Treatment Centre in the town after contracting Cholera. Mr Abukar Abdi Sheikh, the county chief officer for health denied reports that a student succumbed to the disease on Sunday. He added that the eight are responding well to treatment at the centre. “We […]