After years of steady decline, cholera is making a devastating comeback and targeting the world's most vulnerable communities, UN health experts warned on Friday.
In a new alert, the World Health Organization and UN Children's Fund said that more countries now face outbreaks, increasing numbers of cases are being reported and the outcome for patients ispandemic is killing the poor right in front of usEchoing the bleak outlook,
data indicates that by May last year, 15 countries had reported cases, but by mid-May this year"we already have 24 countries reporting and," said Henry Gray, WHO's Incident Manager for the global cholera response.risk going backwardsThe UN health agency estimates that one billion people in 43 countries are at risk of cholera with children under five particularly vulnerable. Cholera's extraordinarily high mortality ratio is also alarming.
These vulnerable communities are at high risk of cholera, a preventable disease which thrives in areas affected by heavy rains and floods.Get the latest in African news delivered straight to your inbox
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