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	Cholera Outbreaks in Central and West Africa: 2021 Regional Update - Week 1–17 UN Children's Fund UNICEF (2021) C_UNICEF View PDF(532) Download (201) Add to my MEDBOX June 2021 Volcanic eruption of Nyiragongo affecting the drinking water supply infrastructures of the city of Goma already heavily affected by the cholera epidemic and the massive displacement of populations due to this natural disaster, raise fears of a cholera outbreak and spread in host communities. In DRC, transmission remains very active in the province of North Kivu (59 cases/1 death), mainly in the health zones of Kirotshe (25 cases), Karisimbi (16 cases) and Walikale (11 cases). Strong community transmission of cholera in Kano, Bayelsa, Benue, Sokoto, Zamfara, Nassarawa and Delta states in Nigeria with a high risk of spread to other states in the country and especially to neighbouring countries (Niger and Cameroon) The region is experiencing a sharp decline in cases between 2020 and 2021 (from 9,958 to 5,978 cases), but the case-fatality rate of 3.51% is the highest of the last 4 years Tags: cholera, outbreak, response, Source: https://reliefweb.int/sites/reliefweb.in
	An update of Cholera outbreak in Nigeria Nigeria Center for Disease Control (2021) CC Open external link (83) Add to my MEDBOX Tags: Cholera, situation update, Nigeria, Source: https://ncdc.gov.ng/diseases/sitreps/?ca
	WHO scales up cholera vigilance in Khartoum, Sudan World Health Organization WHO (2019) C_WHO View PDF(105) Download (29) Add to my MEDBOX Tags: cholera, outbreak, South Sudan, Source: http://www.emro.who.int/pdf/sdn/sudan-ne
	WHO AFRO Outbreaks and Other Emergencies, Week 30: 22 - 28 July 2019 World Health Organization (2019) C_WHO View PDF(403) Download (63) Add to my MEDBOX This Weekly Bulletin focuses on selected acute public health emergencies occurring in the WHO African Region. The WHO Health Emergencies Programme is currently monitoring 74 events in the region. This week’s edition covers key new and ongoing events, including: Cholera in Chad Humanitarian crisis in South Sudan Ebola virus disease in Democratic Republic of the Congo Dengue fever in Côte d’Ivoire. Tags: cholera, dengue, Dengue fever, ebola, humanitarian crisis, Source: https://reliefweb.int/sites/reliefweb.in
	More than a million people to be vaccinated in phase 2 of a huge cholera vaccination campaign in the Democratic Republic of the Congo World Health Organization WHO (2019) C_WHO View PDF(132) Download (59) Add to my MEDBOX Tags: cholera, outbreak control, Vaccination, DRC, Source: https://afro.who.int/news/more-million-p
	Cholera Outbreak Situation Updates- Uganda. Kampala Situation Update no. 38 14 February 2019 World Health Organization WHO (2019) C_WHO View PDF(184) Download (128) Add to my MEDBOX Tags: cholera, outbreak control, Uganda, Situation Report, Source: https://www.afro.who.int/sites/default/f
	Zambia Cholera Situation Report - 2 April 2019 World Health Organization WHO, Regional Office for Africa (2019) C_WHO View PDF(232) Download (105) Add to my MEDBOX Tags: cholera, Situation Report, Zambia, Source: https://www.afro.who.int/sites/default/f
	Mozambique: Two Cyclones: Idai and Kenneth (As of 22 May 2019) UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (2019) C2 View PDF(300) Download (145) Add to my MEDBOX In March and April 2019, Mozambique was hit by two consecutive tropical cyclones that left a trail of death, damage and destruction in their path. Tags: cyclone, funding, malaria, cholera, Source: https://reliefweb.int/report/mozambique/
	Mozambique: Tropical Cyclones Idai and Kenneth, Situation Report 06 (10 May 2019) World Health Organization (2019) C_WHO View PDF(393) Download (107) Add to my MEDBOX Tags: cyclone, Idai, kenneth, IDP, Shelter, cholera, Source: https://reliefweb.int/sites/reliefweb.in
	Bulletin: Cholera and AWD Outbreaks in Eastern and Southern Africa, Regional Update for 2019 - as of 1 April 2019 UN Children's Fund UNICEF (2019) CC View PDF(564) Download (143) Add to my MEDBOX Approximately 3,385 cholera / AWD cases including 19 deaths have been reported in 10 out of the 21 countries in Eastern and Southern Africa Region (ESAR); with an average Case Fatality Rate of 0.6%, since the beginning of 2019. These countries include; Angola, Burundi, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Tanzania, Somalia, Uganda, Zambia and Zimbabwe. Kenya accounts for 35.4 % (1,198) of the total case load reported this year, followed by Mozambique at 31% (1,048) Tags: cholera, outbreak control, situation update, Source: https://reliefweb.int/sites/reliefweb.in

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