Why is cholera proving so hard to control in Africa?
Last year cholera caused a public health crisis in South Africa and Zimbabwe. Now Zambia is scrambling to contain the disease.
On the podcast in November last year we heard the terrible stories of South Africans who’d lost their loved ones to cholera. Then, the disease was sweeping across Southern Africa and was causing a public health crisis in Zimbabwe, South Africa, Mozambique and Cameroon. Now, just two months later – Zambia is scrambling to contain the disease with more than 9,500 people affected.
Since 2023, 13 countries in the region have battled one of the worst cholera outbreaks to hit the region in years and, as of 15 January 2024, more than 200,000 cases, including over 3000 deaths, have been reported.
Africa Daily’s Alan Kasujja discusses with Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Africa’s Health Correspondent Dorcas Wangira why this preventable disease is proving so hard to control.
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