AFP - A cholera outbreak in Cameroon has killed 65 people and infected hundreds since it started last month, state media said Friday.

AFP - Diarrhoea kills at least three times more people than previously thought, the World Health Organisation said Friday, citing latest data showing that 1.1 million people die yearly from the ailment.

AFP - UN health experts began field investigations on Wednesday to help the Philippines contain an outbreak of a deadly disease in the wake of massive storms that claimed more than 1,000 lives, officials said.

AFP - More than 300,000 children under the age of five die of preventable diseases each year in Sudan, almost a third of them before they reach the age of one month, a UN official said on Tuesday.

AFP - More than 300,000 children under the age of five die of preventable diseases each year in Sudan, almost a third of them before they reach the age of one month, a UN official said on Tuesday.