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GENEVA (Reuters) - Cholera cases have surged this year, especially in places of poverty and conflict, with outbreaks reported in 26 countries and fatality rates rising sharply, a World Health ...
The 2022–2024 Southern Africa cholera outbreak is an outbreak that has spread across Southern Africa. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] It started in Machinga District in Malawi in March 2022. [ 4 ] The cholera outbreak in Malawi linked to cases in South Africa , the strains belong to the seventh cholera pandemic .
An outbreak of cholera began in Yemen in October 2016. [2] [3] [4] The outbreak peaked in 2017 with over 2,000 reported deaths in that year alone.[5] [6] In 2017 and 2019, war-torn Yemen accounted for 84% and 93% of all cholera cases in the world, with children constituting the majority of reported cases. [7]
Cholera continues to affect an estimated 3–5 million people worldwide and causes 28,800–130,000 deaths a year. [2] [7] To date, seven cholera pandemics have occurred, with the most recent beginning in 1961, and continuing today. [13] The illness is rare in high-income countries, and affects children most severely.
The World Health Organization has said that cholera cases in Africa are rising exponentially amid a global surge. The African continent accounted for 21% of cases and 80% of deaths across the ...
The federal health ministry said in a statement late on Tuesday that 18 people had died and 265 infected with cholera in al-Qadarif state. A doctors' syndicate in Sudan said 3,398 cases of dengue ...
The 2023–2024 Zambian cholera outbreak, part of the 2022–2024 Southern Africa cholera outbreak, is currently one of the most severe health crises in the country's recent history, [1] with its origins traced back to January 2023. [2] The outbreak initially surfaced in Vubwi District in the Eastern Province and Mwansabombwe District in ...
The first cases of cholera were reported on 1 February 2023. [1] In May, the Gauteng province health department declared an outbreak in Hammanskraal. [7] Fifteen deaths and 41 cases had been recorded as of May 22. [7] Residents blamed the local government for failing to provide adequate potable water. [7] [8]