Climate change has caused an “unprecedented” number of cholera outbreaks, warns the World Health Organization. “The map is threatened (by cholera) everywhere,” explains Dr. Philip Barbosa. Added to this is the “very visible” impact of climate change. The cholera crisis is spreading across the Horn of Africa and the Sahel, accompanied by “major floods, unprecedented monsoons (and) a series of cyclones”. In Pakistan, where there have been only sporadic cases of cholera in previous years, there have been “less than a few thousand” laboratory-confirmed cases of cholera this year. The La Niña weather phenomenon is expected to continue for the third consecutive year. Away from home, a severe cholera epidemic has hit Haiti again since October, with 13,672 reported cases and 283 deaths. The Pan American Health Organization launched a vaccination campaign with 1.1 million doses to be distributed and operators administered the vaccines door-to-door in the capital Port-au-Prince. In Haiti, cholera has caused nearly 10,000 deaths in the last ten years. The disease is an acute diarrheal infection caused by consumption of food or water contaminated with Vibrio cholerae.
Source: IL Tempo
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