Addis Ababa, Jan 25 (Prensa Latina) Ethiopia's Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs, Demeke Mekonnen, thanked the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) for its continued support to humanitarian assistance programs, particularly for vulnerable children.
As cases of cholera multiply in Africa, the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) publishes a new report describing the critical situation in East Africa. In 2023 alone, over 200,000 victims were recorded in this sub-region of the continent, including more than 3,000 deaths.
The world enters 2024 with soaring cases of cholera globally, with over 667,000 cases and more than 4,000 deaths last year, UN agencies have reported. Eastern and southern African nations are among the worst affected, accounting for about 75 per .