Africa is experiencing an exponential increase in cholera cases and if the current infection rate is maintained they could exceed last year’s total, The World Health Organization warned on Thursday.
only in January In Africa, 26,000 cases and 660 deaths have been reported WHO said in a statement.
Throughout 2022 about 80,000 cases have been recorded on the continent. “If the current trend of rapid increase continues, the number of registered cases could be exceeded in 2021, the worst year for cholera in Africa in almost a decade,” WHO said.
Most of the new cases were in Malawi, which is battling the worst cholera outbreak in its history, with more than 1,200 deaths.
Malawi’s neighbors Mozambique and Zambia have also reported cases, according to the WHO, as have Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia, Burundi, Cameroon, the Democratic Republic of Congo and Nigeria.
Cholera, which causes diarrhea and vomiting, is caused by a bacterium that is usually transmitted through contaminated food or water.
Source: Eluniverso
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