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5 days ago · Each year, there are some 1.3 to 4 million cases of cholera worldwide, according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Approximately 21,000 to 143,000 deaths occur as a result. Around 473,000 ...
6 days ago · Recent major outbreaks are the 2010s Haiti cholera outbreak and the 2016–2022 Yemen cholera outbreak. In October 2016, an outbreak of cholera began in war-ravaged Yemen. WHO called it "the worst cholera outbreak in the world". In 2019, 93% of the reported 923,037 cholera cases were from Yemen (with 1911 deaths reported).
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May 2, 2024 · Public Health. Cholera is making a comeback — and the world doesn’t have enough vaccines. “A billion people at risk”: How worldwide cholera outbreaks are threatening lives. By Ellen Ioanes...
Apr 23, 2024 · What causes cholera outbreaks? LACK OF CLEAN WATER AND SANITATION. Cholera occurs in settings without clean water and proper sanitation—from remote villages to overcrowded cities, refugee camps, and conflict zones. FLOODS AND DROUGHTS. Outbreaks can be driven by both too much water and too little water.
Apr 17, 2024 · Overview. Since the beginning of 2023, a cumulative total 824 479 cholera cases and 5900 deaths were reported from 31 countries across five WHO regions, as of 31 March 2024, with the Eastern Mediterranean region recording the highest numbers, followed by the African Region, the Region of the Americas, the South-East Asia Region, the Western ...
Apr 18, 2024 · There were 473 000 cholera cases reported to WHO in 2022 -- double the number from 2021. Further increase of cases by 700 000 was estimated for 2023. Currently, 23 countries are reporting cholera outbreaks with most severe impacts seen in the Comoros, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ethiopia, Mozambique, Somalia, Zambia and Zimbabwe.
Apr 19, 2024 · 19 April 2024 Humanitarian Aid. A new oral vaccine for cholera has been given the green light for manufacture by the UN health agency allowing for the massive scale-up of lifesaving immunisation...
