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2023Registered deathsSpread of choleraVibrioOral choleraEndemicOutbreaks of choleraRisk for choleraSanitationEast Africa20222018ZimbabweTyphoidExperiencing cholera outbreaksExposed to the cholera bacteriumEpidemicsSymptomsCasesWest AfricaAcuteLatin AmericaBurden of choleraInfectionCalling Africa's ongoingMortality2017Global choleraBacterial2016UNICEFHorn of AfrFuture cholera outbreaksIncidenceBacteriumRegional Office for AfricaPandemicCountry'sEbolaMozambiqueActive cholera outbreakSuspected cholera deathsSerious choleraSouth AfricansInadequate2020PatientsVaccinationOutbreak in some partsMalawiDengueDiseaseSource of choleraAreas where choleraVaccine for choleraTransmission of choleraBacteria
20234
  • Zimbabwe has recorded 100 suspected deaths from cholera and more than 5,000 possible cases since late Sept. 2023. (texomashomepage.com)
  • Zimbabwe Cholera Outbreak A cholera patient lies on a hospital bed, in Harare, Zimbabwe, Sunday Nov. 19, 2023. (actionnewsjax.com)
  • September 4, 2023 , SEOUL, Republic of Korea - The International Vaccine Institute (IVI), EuBiologics, and DEK Vaccines Limited (DEK) signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) today at Ghana's National Vaccine Institute establishing a new partnership to support the fill and finish of the EuBiologics oral cholera vaccine (OCV) in DEK's manufacturing facilities in Ghana. (ivi.int)
  • Following the release of the results of laboratory investigation and clinical examinations, the Ministry of Health of the Republic of Congo officially declared a concurrent outbreak of cholera, shigellosis, and typhoid fever in the country on 17 July 2023. (outbreaknewstoday.com)
Registered deaths1
  • Declared in June 2014, the West and Central African cholera outbreak as of January 25, 2015 claimed 1,683 registered deaths and over 91,361 reported cases with a reported case fatality rate (CFR) of 2% in 11 countries, which is 3 times more than in 2013. (wikipedia.org)
Spread of cholera6
  • Global climate change has for several years been contributing greatly to the spread of cholera through associated increase in the frequency of torrential rain, floods and periods of drought. (spiritindia.com)
  • This partnership will help increase supply and significantly contribute to preventing the spread of cholera in Africa. (ivi.int)
  • The 13,440 doses of Sanofi-produced vaccines, supported by the French government, would "play a key role in limiting the spread of cholera," Abiad was quoted by the National News Agency as saying. (famagusta-gazette.com)
  • Several conditions on the continent make it fertile ground for the emergence and rapid spread of cholera. (haiafrika.com)
  • 4 However, tracking the spread of cholera throughout Papua New Guinea and confirming cases in cholera-naïve regions was a long process. (who.int)
  • However, the time to diagnosis may have delayed public health responses aimed at reducing the spread of cholera within an outbreak area. (who.int)
Vibrio15
Oral cholera8
  • Considerations for oral cholera vaccine use during outbreak after earthquake in Haiti, 2010-2011. (cdc.gov)
  • Since the outbreak began, Malawi has carried out two large vaccination campaigns, but due to limited supplies, has offered just one of the usually recommended two oral cholera vaccine doses. (zawya.com)
  • We are delighted to partner with EuBiologics and DEK to enable fill and finish of oral cholera vaccine in Ghana. (ivi.int)
  • I'm very happy with this partnership with IVI and EuBiologics through which we are going to make oral cholera vaccine in Accra, Ghana to supply Africa, and we hope to do this with typhoid conjugate vaccine as well. (ivi.int)
  • IVI developed the world's first low-cost oral cholera vaccine, pre-qualified by the World Health Organization (WHO), and developed a new-generation typhoid conjugate vaccine that is currently under assessment for WHO PQ. (ivi.int)
  • The FDA recently approved a single-dose live oral cholera vaccine called Vaxchora® (lyophilized CVD 103-HgR) in the United States. (haiafrika.com)
  • The Nigerian government, working with the World Health Organization ( WHO ) and other partners, said Monday that health workers hope to deliver 915,000 doses of the oral cholera vaccine to everyone over the age of 1 year in the next few days. (africatimes.com)
  • We understand the government has secured 2.9 million oral cholera vaccines for the second campaign. (waterjournalistsafrica.com)
Endemic7
  • Updated global burden of cholera in endemic countries. (cdc.gov)
  • The disease is not endemic in South Africa. (thesouthafrican.com)
  • The town of Uvira, in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), is in a region where cholera is endemic. (afd.fr)
  • In Nigeria, cholera is an endemic and seasonal disease, occurring annually mostly during the rainy season and more often in areas with poor sanitation. (news.az)
  • Cholera remained endemic in South Asia until the 1960s when the development of oral rehydration therapy (ORT) reduced the fatality rate from more than 30 percent to less than 1 percent. (uvahealth.com)
  • Cholera can be endemic, epidemic, or pandemic. (medscape.com)
  • Cholera is endemic in portions of Asia, the Middle East, Africa, South and Central America, and the Gulf Coast of the US. (msdmanuals.com)
Outbreaks of cholera6
  • Outbreaks of cholera appear irregular and, in order better to understand the epidemic pattern dynamics, the GEMI researchers used an adapted statistical tool that favours a wavelet analysis method. (spiritindia.com)
  • When outbreaks of cholera occur, efforts should be made to establish clean water, food, and sanitation. (medlineplus.gov)
  • A group of American doctors blasted Tedros in September 2017, accusing him of failing to investigate outbreaks of cholera in the African country, which neighbors Ethiopia. (nationalinterest.org)
  • Zimbabwe has often imposed restrictions during its repeated outbreaks of cholera. (texomashomepage.com)
  • Throughout history, populations all over the world have sporadically been affected by devastating outbreaks of cholera. (medscape.com)
  • In the past two years alone the continent has experienced infectious disease outbreaks of cholera , meningitis , Ebola Virus Disease , Lassa fever , and Yellow fever , and other public health emergencies such as drought and famine. (cdc.gov)
Risk for cholera5
  • An estimated 1.4 billion people are at risk for cholera globally, with 2.8 million cases and 91,000 related deaths occurring annually. (news.az)
  • Who is most at risk for cholera? (haiafrika.com)
  • What is the risk for cholera in the United States? (cdc.gov)
  • The risk for cholera is very low for U.S. travelers visiting areas with epidemic cholera. (cdc.gov)
  • Latin American countries that have not yet reported cases are still at risk for cholera in the coming months and years. (cdc.gov)
Sanitation22
  • Famine-hit Somalia faces a cholera epidemic as dirty water and poor sanitation are leading to an increase in outbreaks of the disease, World Health Organisation officials warned on Friday. (telegraph.co.uk)
  • Across eastern and southern Africa, the devastating effects of floods, droughts and tropical storms are pushing already weakened community health, water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) systems to the breaking point, fueling one of the worst cholera outbreaks in decades. (unicefusa.org)
  • Displaced families are living in crowded emergency shelters with limited access to safe water, hygiene and sanitation - the perfect recipe for an uncontrolled cholera outbreak. (unicefusa.org)
  • This epidemic displays the lack of public sanitation as well as neglect from the government that many African countries face. (borgenproject.org)
  • The World Health Organization (WHO) suggests the prevention of cholera consists of clean water, sanitation and reminding communities of basic hygiene behaviors that includes hand washing with soap after using the bathroom, before eating or touching food. (borgenproject.org)
  • Cholera is a water-borne disease that can spread rapidly in areas with poor sanitation and is caused by the ingestion of contaminated water or food. (texomashomepage.com)
  • Co-authors Guerrant and Mintz point to the case of epidemic cholera in Latin America in the 1990s in which these prevention and treatment measures proved to be highly effective, given swift investments in health care, drinking water and sanitation by United Nations agencies, governments and the private sector. (uvahealth.com)
  • However, the co-authors argue, such collective efforts are not being mobilized in Africa, where cholera rates and mortality continue to soar for lack of clean water and sanitation and basic ORT ingredients of salt and sugar. (uvahealth.com)
  • The risk of a cholera epidemic is highest when poverty, war or natural disasters force people to live in crowded conditions without adequate sanitation. (mayoclinic.org)
  • The virulent bacterial disease is striking fear in many in the southern African country who live in impoverished and neglected areas where sanitation conditions are poor and local government failures have left them with no access to clean water. (actionnewsjax.com)
  • Cholera has often broken out across Zimbabwe in recent years with deadly consequences and has surged and spread again over the last month, driven by the sometimes terrible sanitation conditions in poor, neglected townships and neighborhoods in the capital, Harare, and elsewhere. (actionnewsjax.com)
  • The WHO, which recommends the use of cholera vaccines in line with other preventive measures such as the supply of clean water and sanitation, said earlier this month that the strained global supply of cholera vaccines prompted it to reduce the standard two-dose provision to one dose. (famagusta-gazette.com)
  • This confluence of factors has undermined the robustness of water and sanitation systems in Yemen and contributed to the worst cholera outbreak in history. (worldbank.org)
  • The upsurge of cholera cases is attributed to several risk factors, including a disruption of basic water and sanitation services, contaminated water sources in affected communities, an inability to treat sewage due to non-functional wastewater treatment plants, and the absence of garbage collection systems. (worldbank.org)
  • To ensure a comprehensive, appropriate and timely response to the prevailing cholera outbreak, an integrated package of appropriate health, water and sanitation interventions has been designed and funded by the Bank through an IDA grant of $200 million - The Yemen Emergency Health and Nutrition Project Second Additional Financing was approved in August 2017 under the umbrella of the Emergency Health and Nutrition Project in Yemen . (worldbank.org)
  • Hygiene kits have also been distributed to schools and homes, and in cholera-affected areas, 1.85 million people have been provided with improved access to sanitation. (worldbank.org)
  • In the United States and other developed countries, because of advanced water and sanitation systems, cholera is not a major threat. (medscape.com)
  • Improving global access to water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) is a critical step to reducing Africa's cholera burden. (haiafrika.com)
  • The World Health Organization (WHO) and the Ministry of Health and Sanitation have responded immediately to the cholera outbreak in the CAR by opening a cholera control command center to stem the expansion of the epidemic. (borgenmagazine.com)
  • Cholera outbreaks are exacerbated by poverty, disasters, conflict, and climate change consequences, like extreme storms and flooding, as well as a lack of access to safe water and sanitation. (hejnu.ug)
  • Graciano Masauso, President of AHO said that stagnant water and decomposing bodies, as well lack of hygiene and sanitation, have created a risk of outbreaks of malaria and cholera. (aho.org)
  • In areas with inadequate sanitation, a cholera epidemic cannot be stopped immediately, and there are no signs that the epidemic in the Americas will end soon. (cdc.gov)
East Africa4
  • The WHO has said it is very concerned about disease outbreaks in drought-hit East Africa, due to a lack of clean water for drinking and bathing, overcrowding in camps and the low tolerance to disease of starving young children. (telegraph.co.uk)
  • UNICEF spokeswoman Marixie Mercado said on Friday that tens of thousands of children have died and countless more are particularly at risk of cholera and other diseases because of drought and violence in East Africa. (telegraph.co.uk)
  • Sporadic cholera outbreaks have occurred in recent years throughout countries in East Africa, including Kenya. (cdc.gov)
  • Times: As the pandemic took hold, hundreds of Westerners fled to east Africa. (nzherald.co.nz)
20223
  • In Mozambique, where Freddy made landfall twice, cholera has been a rising threat since September 2022. (unicefusa.org)
  • The southern African nation has been battling its worst cholera outbreak on record, with nearly 37,000 cases reported since March 2022. (zawya.com)
  • The London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine research center evaluated the "Water to combat cholera in Uvira" project from 2014 to 2022, whose aim is to tackle the very source of all water-borne diseases - not just cholera. (afd.fr)
20183
  • With support from WHO, the government also developed the Zanzibar Comprehensive Cholera Elimination Plan, a multisectoral strategy to sustain the elimination of local transmission of cholera for a 10-year period, from 2018 to 2027. (who.int)
  • Between September 2018 and March 2019, a cholera epidemic took place in Zimbabwe, causing 10 000 cases and 69 deaths. (pasteur.fr)
  • FILE - Health workers attend to patients suffering from cholera symptoms at a local hospital in Harare, Tuesday, Sept, 11, 2018. (texomashomepage.com)
Zimbabwe8
Typhoid5
  • Lessons Learned from Emergency Response Vaccination Efforts for Cholera, Typhoid, Yellow Fever, and Ebola. (cdc.gov)
  • Deteriorating infrastructure has contaminated the water, causing diseases such as typhoid fever, amoebic dysentery and cholera. (afd.fr)
  • Dombe was covered in water after the heavy downpour, and this place is prone to flooding and diseases such as cholera and typhoid," Da Silva said. (aho.org)
  • Based on clinical diagnosis and laboratory investigations, the cases have been disaggregated according to disease conditions as follows: shigellosis (919 cases), typhoid fever (705 cases), and cholera (65 cases). (outbreaknewstoday.com)
  • Dolisie City in Niari department remains the epicentre of the outbreaks, reporting 93.8% (n = 61) of the cholera cases, 98.0% (n =901) of shigellosis cases, and 95.9% (n = 649) of typhoid fever cases. (outbreaknewstoday.com)
Experiencing cholera outbreaks1
  • WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus told reporters Wednesday that there were currently 23 countries in the world experiencing cholera outbreaks, with a further 20 countries that share land borders with them at risk. (zawya.com)
Exposed to the cholera bacterium1
Epidemics4
Symptoms9
  • After the 2016 outbreak, between 2017 and 2019, more than 155 health workers were trained to input cholera symptoms into the Integrated Disease Surveillance and Response system for quick verification and action. (who.int)
  • The Department of Health in Pretoria's Gauteng province said 95 people visited a local hospital since Monday showing cholera symptoms , including diarrhoea, stomach cramps and nausea. (thesouthafrican.com)
  • Symptoms of cholera can be mild to severe. (medlineplus.gov)
  • Most cases of cholera that cause symptoms cause mild or moderate diarrhea that's often hard to tell apart from diarrhea caused by other problems. (mayoclinic.org)
  • Others develop more-serious signs and symptoms of cholera, usually within a few days of infection. (mayoclinic.org)
  • Dehydration can develop within hours after cholera symptoms start and range from mild to severe. (mayoclinic.org)
  • Signs and symptoms of cholera dehydration include irritability, fatigue, sunken eyes, a dry mouth, extreme thirst, dry and shriveled skin that's slow to bounce back when pinched into a fold, little or no urinating, low blood pressure, and an irregular heartbeat. (mayoclinic.org)
  • Some don't even know the signs and symptoms of cholera, so people are just falling sick in their houses without knowing what exactly is happening to them. (actionnewsjax.com)
  • Health experts say Cholera is an easily preventable and treatable disease if people follow some basic hygiene rules and come quickly to a health facility in case of symptoms. (waterjournalistsafrica.com)
Cases47
  • In January 2015 the Greater Accra Region and Volta region still reported cases of Cholera while in the rest of Ghana the outbreak was declared over. (wikipedia.org)
  • Cases of acute diarrhoea - an important indicator of the risk of cholera - are now at 4,272 in Somalia - an 11 per cent rise on last week's WHO reported figure of 3,839. (telegraph.co.uk)
  • The effect of geographical and environmental variables on the number of cholera cases in each health district was tested using a general linear model with a negative binomial distribution. (cdc.gov)
  • 21). The relationship between the number of cholera cases in health districts and geographical variables was finally modeled using the type II negative binomial family (log link function for both the mean and the distribution parameter). (cdc.gov)
  • Zanzibar has experienced 17 cholera outbreaks since 1978, recording more than 14 000 cases and over 200 deaths. (who.int)
  • The rapidity with which newly arrived refugees became infected precluded effective use of a cholera vaccine to prevent cases unless vaccination had occurred immediately upon camp arrival. (cambridge.org)
  • Temporal-spatial evolution of cholera cases in 5 hotspots in the African Great Lakes region, 2002-2008. (cdc.gov)
  • B) Evolution of the weekly number of cholera cases in the 5 hotspots (B1-B5). (cdc.gov)
  • C) Evolution of the weekly number of cholera cases in the 8 health districts composing the Upper Congo Basin hotspot. (cdc.gov)
  • Cholera cases are on the rise in eastern and southern Africa, leaving 28.4 million people in need across 11 countries. (unicefusa.org)
  • In 2004, 101 383 cases, including 95 000 solely for the African continent, and 2 345 deaths were reported to the World Health Organization. (spiritindia.com)
  • The research team thus successfully linked the number of new cases of cholera first to the global climate variability index and then to monthly rainfall readings between 1989 and 1994. (spiritindia.com)
  • Since the start of the New Year, there have been over 2,009 cases and 22 deaths in the countries in Africa facing the cholera crisis. (borgenproject.org)
  • An oral vaccine program was also launched with the goal of immunizing one million people, and since its implementation, the number of cholera cases have dropped. (borgenproject.org)
  • Lab tests on Sunday confirmed at least 19 were cases of cholera, the department said in a statement, adding 37 people were still undergoing treatment. (thesouthafrican.com)
  • Africa is no stranger to cholera, with the continent accounting for 41% of the world's reported cholera cases in 2015. (vigilint.com)
  • Although illness rates and mortality from cholera have been drastically reduced in a vast majority of the world, Africa remains plagued by soaring cases and deaths from the waterborne intestinal disease. (uvahealth.com)
  • At least 25 people are now said to have died from cholera and the number of reported cases has risen to 3 766. (insiderzim.com)
  • Still, cases of cholera occur throughout the world. (mayoclinic.org)
  • Most recent cases of cholera in the United States have been traced to seafood from the Gulf of Mexico. (mayoclinic.org)
  • The virulent bacterial disease is killing the young and the old in the southern African country, with health authorities reporting more than 150 suspected deaths and over 8,000 suspected cases since February. (actionnewsjax.com)
  • Since the start of the latest outbreak, Zimbabwe's Health Ministry has recorded 8,087 suspected cholera cases and 1,241 laboratory confirmed cases. (actionnewsjax.com)
  • Cholera is a water-borne disease caused by ingesting contaminated food or water and can kill within hours if left untreated, yet it is usually easily treated by rehydrating patients if cases are caught in time. (actionnewsjax.com)
  • The World Health Organization has said that cholera cases in Africa are rising exponentially amid a global surge. (actionnewsjax.com)
  • The African continent accounted for 21% of cases and 80% of deaths across the globe from 2014 to 2021, according to the WHO. (actionnewsjax.com)
  • Early detection, confirmation of cases, and a timely and effective response are critical because cholera outbreaks can spread rapidly, causing many deaths. (cdc.gov)
  • Lebanon has so far tallied 388 cholera cases, including 17 deaths. (famagusta-gazette.com)
  • Lebanon reported on Oct. 6 the first two lab-confirmed cases in the northern part of the country, representing its first cholera outbreak since 1993. (famagusta-gazette.com)
  • The highest numbers of cholera cases have been reported in places where wastewater treatment plants are non-functional. (worldbank.org)
  • The coordinator, Cholera Containment Committee in the state, Selin La'ori stated that Adamawa has recorded 60 suspected cholera cases. (cloudfront.net)
  • ABSTRACT An epidemic of cholera in Iraq was anticipated for the year 1999 and a plan of notification and treatment of cases of diarrhoea was made. (who.int)
  • This paper documents the clinical and bacteriological profile of cholera cases admitted to the 6 hospitals in Baghdad during the epidemic. (who.int)
  • After the escalation in the incidence of (rapidly spreading to different countries cholera cases in Iraq during 1998, and due and disappearing rapidly when outbreaks to serious shortages of safe water supplies subside) [ 10 ]. (who.int)
  • A plan of waves which moved through Asia then notification for cases of diarrhoea and their through the Americas and Africa [ 11-13 ]. (who.int)
  • England was severely af- and bacteriological data of all cholera cases fected, allowing John Snow to complete admitted to the 6 hospitals in Baghdad dur- his studies of the relationship of the disease ing the epidemic of 1999 in Iraq. (who.int)
  • How many cases of cholera are in Africa? (haiafrika.com)
  • What country has the most cholera cases? (haiafrika.com)
  • Yemen is known for being one of the countries with the most Cholera cases. (haiafrika.com)
  • Cholera cases reported: In 2016, 132 121 cholera cases and 2420 deaths were reported to WHO worldwide. (haiafrika.com)
  • Overall, 54% of cases were reported from Africa, 13% from Asia and 32% from Hispaniola. (haiafrika.com)
  • Tanzania is facing a major cholera outbreak, with nearly 5,000 cases recorded since August, with almost 70 per cent of them in Dar es Salaam, according to the World Health Organisation (WHO). (wantedinafrica.com)
  • The UN health agency said that between August and late October there have been 4,922 cholera cases in 12 of Tanzania's 30 regions, and 74 deaths. (wantedinafrica.com)
  • Through Saturday, more than 2,600 suspected cholera cases have been reported since the first case was confirmed in mid-August, WHO said in a statement . (africatimes.com)
  • Increasing cases of Cholera in Mangochi-one of the 24 affected districts in Malawi-has forced the international medical humanitarian organization, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), to sound an SOS for the provision of more medical supplies to deal with the disease. (waterjournalistsafrica.com)
  • Pechayre noted that Lilongwe and other organisations should also include Mangochi, the lakeshore resort district, on the cholera vaccination list because cases are still rising. (waterjournalistsafrica.com)
  • AHO has raised alerts over hygiene and safe drinking water needs eight days after Cyclone Idai lashed central Mozambique, with cholera cases reported in the devastated port city of Beira. (aho.org)
  • The World Health Organization (WHO) recommends laboratory confirmation (by culture) for the first 10-20 cases of suspected cholera. (who.int)
West Africa4
  • In studies aiming to understand better the emergence and persistence of cholera in Africa, IRD and CNRS researchers showed the strong correlation that exists between outbreaks and the different parameters linked to climate changes in West Africa. (spiritindia.com)
  • Britain on Wednesday held a top-level government meeting to discuss the spread of the highly-contagious Ebola virus in West Africa , saying the outbreak was a threat it needed to respond to. (undispatch.com)
  • I think that CDC's response to the Ebola epidemic in West Africa that took two years to complete from 2014 to 2016 was a real game changer for how the public has consciousness about the work that we do in health security. (cdc.gov)
  • Following the 2014 - 2016 Ebola Epidemic in West Africa, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) supported development in microbiology capacity at the National Public Health Laboratory in Conakry, Guinea. (cdc.gov)
Acute4
  • Sudanese leaders classified the outbreak as "acute watery diarrhea" rather than cholera, which is caused by a bacteria found in unsanitary drinking water. (nationalinterest.org)
  • Tedros insisted to The New York Times that the Ethiopian outbreaks were "acute watery diarrhea," and that it was difficult to test for cholera. (nationalinterest.org)
  • Cholera is an easily preventable, acute diarrheal disease that is spread by ingesting food or water contaminated with feces. (vigilint.com)
  • The world has been grappling since mid-2021 with an acute upsurge in what is the seventh deadly cholera pandemic in recorded history, WHO said. (hejnu.ug)
Latin America2
Burden of cholera2
  • WHO said Thursday that 96.8 percent of the population 'residing in communities with high risk and burden of cholera' had been reached. (zawya.com)
  • Accurate and timely diagnosis is a critical element of the public health response to cholera, yet in low-income countries where the burden of cholera is the greatest, diagnostic services are often limited. (who.int)
Infection8
  • Cholera is a diarrheal illness caused from an infection of the intestine with bacteria called vibriocholerae. (borgenproject.org)
  • Cholera is a bacterial infection of the small intestine that causes a large amount of watery diarrhea. (medlineplus.gov)
  • People develop the infection from eating or drinking food or water that contains the cholera germ. (medlineplus.gov)
  • Contaminated water supplies are the main source of cholera infection. (mayoclinic.org)
  • Raw, unpeeled fruits and vegetables are a frequent source of cholera infection in areas where there's cholera. (mayoclinic.org)
  • The health condition of the vulnerable population -- particularly malnourished children -- is already compromised by the deteriorating situation, increasing their susceptibility to cholera infection, associated complications, and death. (worldbank.org)
  • Cholera is spread by ingestion of water, shellfish, or other foods contaminated by the excrement of people with symptomatic or asymptomatic infection. (msdmanuals.com)
  • Household contacts of patients with cholera are at high risk of infection, which probably occurs through shared sources of contaminated food and water. (msdmanuals.com)
Calling Africa's ongoing1
  • It is time to sound the alarm," say two global health experts, who are calling Africa's ongoing cholera epidemic "unconscionable" on both regional and global levels. (uvahealth.com)
Mortality2
  • When left untreated, mortality from "classical" cholera can be as high as 50 percent. (africasacountry.com)
  • The pandemic is characterized by the number, size and concurrence of multiple outbreaks, the spread to areas which have been free of cholera for decades, and alarmingly high mortality rates. (hejnu.ug)
20175
  • Zambia, one of the countries in southern Africa, faced the worst of the epidemic, with more than 74 deaths since October of 2017. (borgenproject.org)
  • Cholera 2017. (cdc.gov)
  • Recurrent cholera outbreaks, Democratic Republic of the Congo, 2008-2017. (cdc.gov)
  • Your silence about what is clearly a massive cholera epidemic in Sudan daily becomes more reprehensible," the doctors wrote in a Sept. 11, 2017, letter to Tedros. (nationalinterest.org)
  • That was the case for a group of Kenyan Field Epidemiology and Laboratory Training Program (FELTP) residents in May 2017, when a Nairobi hospital reported an outbreak of suspected cholera among patients. (cdc.gov)
Global cholera2
  • Late last month, the UN health agency also warned that the risk from the global cholera outbreak was 'very high' due to ongoing multiple outbreaks in many WHO regions. (zawya.com)
  • Grim scenarios in many other countries have further deteriorated since the World Health Organization (WHO) published its first disease update on the global cholera situation in December. (hejnu.ug)
Bacterial6
  • The analysis of the bacterial genome showed that the epidemic strain belonged to the new lineage T13, which originates from south Asia and arrived in western Africa in 2013-2014. (pasteur.fr)
  • This same T13 lineage had been identified by scientists of the Enteric Bacterial Pathogens Unit (Institut Pasteur) as the cause of the Yemen Cholera epidemic (1) . (pasteur.fr)
  • Before this epidemic, an antibacterial resistance structure in the bacterial chromosome of cholera vibrios prevented the acquisition of such resistance plasmids and thus stabilised the content of resistance genes. (pasteur.fr)
  • Cholera is a bacterial disease usually spread through contaminated water. (mayoclinic.org)
  • When cholera spread from the remote outbreak epicentre in rural Morobe Province to the provincial capital (Lae), bacterial culture was re-established at the provincial hospital in Lae (culture had not been conducted for many years due to limited funding and declining infrastructure). (who.int)
  • Cholera Prevention Cholera Prevention Division of Bacterial and Mycotic Diseases Download Brochure Cholera Prevention In January 1991, epidemic cholera appeared in South America and quickly spread to several countries. (cdc.gov)
20162
  • Ongoing Cholera Outbreak - Kenya, 2014-2016. (cdc.gov)
  • BANGUI, Central African Republic-The cholera outbreak in the Central African Republic (CAR) was confirmed by officials on August 10, 2016, the first occurrence of cholera in the country since 2011. (borgenmagazine.com)
UNICEF7
  • Ahmed Aleyi sits on the end of his child's bed in a UNICEF cholera treatment center (CTC) in Melka Buta, Oromia Region, southern Ethiopia. (unicefusa.org)
  • Cyclone Freddy has taken a devastating toll," said Mohamed M. Malick Fall, UNICEF Regional Director for Eastern and Southern Africa. (unicefusa.org)
  • Strengthening the plea that the CAR needs more funding and support for preventative resources, Mohammed Malick Fall, UNICEF Representative in CAR, expresses that those highest at risk for contracting cholera are children. (borgenmagazine.com)
  • The UN Children's Fund (UNICEF) is calling for emergency funding to broaden efforts to reach millions living across 11 eastern and southern African countries which have been hit hard by fast-spreading cholera outbreaks.Calling for USD 171 million in funds to support 28 million people suffering in the region, UNICEF said tailored responses are already reaching many impacted, but more must urgently be done. (hejnu.ug)
  • As such, UNICEF is developing individualized cholera response plans based on the unique conditions within each affected country. (hejnu.ug)
  • For children, the risk is high, UNICEF said, adding that the needs in affected communities in eastern and southern Africa are growing. (hejnu.ug)
  • Help us eradicate cholera and remove this burden from children and families who are already carrying too much," UNICEF said. (hejnu.ug)
Horn of Afr2
  • A UN list of countries donating aid money to the Horn of Africa famine shows that the US is by far the biggest donor, having given around $580 million (£356m) in aid this year. (telegraph.co.uk)
  • The Horn of Africa - Ethiopia, Kenya and Somalia - is experiencing a prolonged drought, the worst in decades, severely straining the health and WASH systems children rely on for survival. (unicefusa.org)
Future cholera outbreaks1
  • Preventing future cholera outbreaks in Africa will depend on interrupting both waterborne and foodborne transmission of this pathogen. (cambridge.org)
Incidence3
  • Due to the overdispersion of cholera incidence, several kinds of generalized linear models were compared using quasi-Poisson, and type I and type II negative binomial distributions and they were checked for spatial structure. (cdc.gov)
  • A clear link has also been established between service continuity and the incidence of diarrheal diseases, including cholera, through various epidemiological analyses. (afd.fr)
  • Increasing water production hours by just 5% would reduce the incidence of cholera in Uvira by a quarter. (afd.fr)
Bacterium4
  • Cholera is contracted from a bacterium that is generally transmitted through contaminated food or water. (thesouthafrican.com)
  • Cholera, which causes diarrhoea and vomiting, is contracted from a bacterium that is generally transmitted through contaminated food or water. (zawya.com)
  • A person may get cholera by drinking water or eating food contaminated with the cholera bacterium. (cdc.gov)
  • The cholera bacterium may also live in the environment in brackish rivers and coastal waters. (cdc.gov)
Regional Office for Africa1
Pandemic3
  • In this light, my new book, The Political Life of an Epidemic: Cholera, Crisis and Citizenship , offers some insights that might be helpful for making sense of the current pandemic and its potential impact on Africa. (africasacountry.com)
  • for human use, the epidemic of cholera in from 1817 to 1923 there were 6 pandemic the year 1999 was anticipated. (who.int)
  • When was the last cholera pandemic? (haiafrika.com)
Country's5
  • Lilongwe, Malawi's capital city and one of the country's cholera epicenters, has a case fatality rate of 5.9 percent. (unicefusa.org)
  • It also said the cholera outbreak had spread to five of the country's 10 provinces and one of the deaths is reported to have been in Masvingo. (insiderzim.com)
  • Cholera is now in all of the country's 10 provinces, Health Minister Douglas Mombeshora said at a clinic in the hotspot township of Kuwadzana in Harare this weekend. (actionnewsjax.com)
  • Irate South Africans chased away a mayor on Monday, blaming him for failing to provide clean water as deaths from cholera rose to 15 in Gauteng, the country's most populous province. (businessghana.com)
  • The workshop brought together 55 emergency management staff members from across Africa to learn from experts in the field about how to enhance coordination and response capabilities of their country's PHEM programs. (cdc.gov)
Ebola2
  • This is the virus that causes a majority of the Ebola outbreaks in West and Central Africa. (cdc.gov)
  • As you know, the West African Ebola epidemic lasted two years and required over 3,500 deployments, internationally and domestically. (cdc.gov)
Mozambique2
Active cholera outbreak2
  • There is a cholera vaccine available for adults ages 18 to 64 who are traveling to an area with an active cholera outbreak. (medlineplus.gov)
  • In light of the active cholera outbreak in the CAR, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) , co-leaders of the Camp Coordination Camp Management (CCCM), are taking as many preventative measures as possible to secure the safety of 26 displacements sites that house over 49 thousand people. (borgenmagazine.com)
Suspected cholera deaths1
Serious cholera1
South Africans1
Inadequate2
  • When people with cholera receive quality care, case fatality rates are typically below 1 percent - an indication that standards of care in Malawi are inadequate. (unicefusa.org)
  • Cholera, which is spread by contaminated water and food, and causes severe diarrhoea, is triggered by poor water suppy as well as inadequate drainage and sewerage infrastructure. (wantedinafrica.com)
20201
  • 2020. https://www.unboundmedicine.com/5minute/view/5-Minute-Clinical-Consult/816264/all/Cholera. (unboundmedicine.com)
Patients8
  • The cholera treatment tents at Area 25 clinic near Chikanda, Malawi, are filled with patients of all ages - mothers, fathers, children - at various stages of sickness. (unicefusa.org)
  • At Kuwadzana Polyclinic, cholera patients lined up in a special tent set up for them and were given a cup of rehydrating sugar and salt solution on arrival. (actionnewsjax.com)
  • Definitive diagnosis is not a prerequisite for the treatment of patients with cholera. (medscape.com)
  • People who are more likely to be exposed to cholera include healthcare personnel treating cholera patients, cholera response workers, and travelers in an area of active cholera transmission who cannot or do not always follow safe food and water precautions and personal hygiene measures. (haiafrika.com)
  • Thankfully, patients reaching the center were able to receive immediate care because it was stocked in preparation for the rainy season, when risk for waterborne diseases, like cholera, is at its highest. (borgenmagazine.com)
  • According to her, MSF France set up treatment units, which have the capacity of beds, latrines, bathrooms, handwashing stations, and waste disposal zones to contain the spreading of the disease and treat patients infected with Cholera. (waterjournalistsafrica.com)
  • Patients with suspected cholera were treated empirically, following standardized rehydration algorithms, so delayed diagnosis did not impact on treatment. (who.int)
  • With prompt rehydration, fewer than 1% of cholera patients die. (cdc.gov)
Vaccination1
  • There are no cholera vaccination requirements for entry or exit in any Latin American country or the United States. (cdc.gov)
Outbreak in some parts2
  • Dr. Chikwe Ihekweazu, head of the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), said all partners are supporting the Borno State Ministry of Health "in leaving no stone unturned to ensure that the current cholera outbreak in some parts of Borno state is contained shortly. (africatimes.com)
  • Local health worker Adelbert Da Silva told Al Jazeera that after authorities became aware of a cholera outbreak in some parts of the country, several people who had complained of illness were attended to by a mobile voluntary medical team stationed in Manica Province. (aho.org)
Malawi3
  • But the UN health agency pointed out that the crisis in Malawi is occurring against a backdrop of surging cholera outbreaks worldwide, which have 'constrained the availability of vaccines, tests and treatments. (zawya.com)
  • The World Health Organization has warned of the risk of cholera due to problems with access to clean water, but also sometimes because of climatic phenomena like tropical storms, which can lead to bigger, deadlier outbreaks, as was the case with Malawi. (texomashomepage.com)
  • This follows the visit to three treatment units, Koche, Monkey-Bay, and Cape Maclear in Mangochi, by MSF France Head of Mission Malawi, Marion Pechayre, which aimed to find out how Cholera Treatment Units (CTU) are helping in dealing with the disease. (waterjournalistsafrica.com)
Dengue1
  • It presents informations about neglected tropical diseases and brings details about the diseases such as blinding trachoma, buruli ulcer, cholera, dengue/dengue haemorrhagic fever, dracunculiasis (gui. (bvsalud.org)
Disease17
  • Stone Town ‒ It was the deaths of his two children from cholera that spurred Ali Hassan Mambo, a resident and community leader of Urowa, a suburb of Zanzibar in the United Republic of Tanzania, to commit to do everything possible to curb the deadly disease. (who.int)
  • Over the course of 10 months, the disease infected over 98,000 people, claimed over 4,000 lives, and, with an exceptionally high case-fatality rate at the peak of the epidemic, Zimbabwe's 2008 cholera outbreak has been deemed the largest and most extensive in recorded African history. (africasacountry.com)
  • The death toll in Nigeria from a cholera outbreak has risen to 296 with seven more people losing their battle against the disease, a health official said Thursday, Anadolu Agency reported. (news.az)
  • Cholera is a water-borne life-threatening disease. (news.az)
  • The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention does not recommend the cholera vaccine for most travelers because most people do not travel to areas where cholera is present. (medlineplus.gov)
  • Physicians and health professionals at the time accused him of failing to properly classify outbreaks of the disease in order to avoid embarrassing the two African regimes. (nationalinterest.org)
  • When cholera strikes a major metropolis such as Harare, we need to work fast to stop the spread of the disease before it gets out of control," Matshidiso Moeti, WHO regional director for Africa, said in a statement. (insiderzim.com)
  • Lebanon has received its first batch of cholera vaccines as part of the international effort to help curb the spread of the life-threatening disease in the country, Lebanese Health Minister Firas Abiad announced Monday. (famagusta-gazette.com)
  • She affirmed that three cholera treatment centres had been set up in Yola, Gombi, and Guyuk, while the agency was intensifying efforts to contain the spread of the killer disease. (cloudfront.net)
  • Although the disease may be asymptomatic or mild, severe cholera can cause dehydration and death within hours of onset. (medscape.com)
  • Cholera is an ancient disease. (medscape.com)
  • however, the disease is still common in other parts of the world, including the Indian subcontinent and sub-Saharan Africa. (medscape.com)
  • Cholera is an easily treatable disease. (haiafrika.com)
  • Many people think of cholera as a 19th century disease. (haiafrika.com)
  • Countries in Africa are no strangers to major disease outbreaks that can result in illness and death of millions of people. (cdc.gov)
  • Cholera can be subclinical, a mild and uncomplicated episode of diarrhea, or a fulminant, potentially lethal disease. (msdmanuals.com)
  • The disease spread to six other lowland provinces of Papua New Guinea and ARB where it was not feasible to re-establish culture facilities in a time frame that could have assisted with cholera diagnosis. (who.int)
Source of cholera1
  • Shellfish eaten raw have been a source of cholera, and a few persons in the United States have contracted cholera after eating raw or undercooked shellfish from the Gulf of Mexico. (cdc.gov)
Areas where cholera2
  • Living in or traveling to areas where cholera is present raises the risk of getting it. (medlineplus.gov)
  • All travelers to areas where cholera has occured should observe the following recomendations: Drink only water that you have boiled or treated with chlorine or iodine. (cdc.gov)
Vaccine for cholera1
Transmission of cholera1
  • The 19th century English physician John Snow provided the first demonstration that the transmission of cholera was significantly reduced when uncontaminated water was provided to the population. (medscape.com)
Bacteria3
  • But because they shed cholera bacteria in their stool for seven to 14 days, they can still infect others through contaminated water. (mayoclinic.org)
  • Cholera bacteria might not cause illness in all people who are exposed to them, but they still pass the bacteria in their stool, which can contaminate food and water supplies. (mayoclinic.org)
  • Eating raw or undercooked seafood, especially shellfish, that comes from certain places can expose you to cholera bacteria. (mayoclinic.org)