Pakistan: Illegal water tankers in Karachi fuel Naegleria outbreaks, report reveals

Mar 25, 2025

Tests conducted on water samples from 50 union councils across the city found that a staggering 95 per cent were contaminated with the deadly...

Karachi reports first Naegleria fowleri death of 2025

Mar 11, 2025

Karachi has reported its first death from Naegleria fowleri in 2025, as a 36-year-old woman succumbed to the infection last month, according to health...

Shortage of cholera vaccines forces WHO shift to single-dose approach

Oct 24, 2022

Since January this year, 29 countries have reported cholera cases, including Haiti, Malawi and Syria which are facing large outbreaks. In comparison, in the...

Global cholera surge likely accelerated by climate change, warns WHO

Dec 17, 2022

"The situation is quite unprecedented, for not only we are seeing more outbreaks, but these outbreaks are larger and more deadly than the ones...

Afghanistan gripped by multiple disease outbreaks

Aug 10, 2022

Washington [US], August 10 : Afghanistan is facing multiple disease outbreaks, including Acute Watery Diarrhea (AWD), measles, Congo fever, dengue fever, and Covid-19, media...

Karachi woman dies after contracting brain-eating amoeba

Mar 11, 2025

A 36-year-old Karachi woman, Maryam Shakeel, died after contracting Naegleria, a brain-eating amoeba found in water. Health officials confirmed that low chlorine levels in...