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Bookmark or Share- Cholera - World Health Organization (WHO)CCholera is an acute diarrhoeal infection caused by ingestion of food or water contaminated with the bacterium Vibrio cholerae. Cholera remains a global threat to public health and an indicator of inequity and lack of social development. Researchers have estimated that every year, there are 1.3 to 4.0 million cases, and 21 000 to 143 000 deaths worldwide due to cholera.
- Cholera – Global situation - World Health Organization (WHO)Figure-2: Cholera cases* reported to WHO by year and continent, global CFR, 1989-2021** * In 2017 and 2019, Yemen accounted for 84% and 93% of all cholera cases respectively (Weekly Epidemiological Report 2018, 2020). **The data for 2022 is not included in the epidemic curve due to (i) incompleteness (ii) provisional estimates.
- Cholera - World Health Organization (WHO)Cholera remains a global threat to public health and an indicator of inequity and lack of social development. Symptoms. Cholera is an extremely virulent disease transmitted through the ingestion of contaminated food or water (2). Cholera can cause severe acute watery diarrhoea and the severe forms of the disease can kill within hours if left ...
- Cholera cases and deaths - World Health Organization (WHO)Member States, in particular target countries of the Global Taskforce on Cholera Control (GTFCC), are urged to undertake cholera reporting. Cholera annual figures might be subject to reporting biases including lack of comparability of reporting criteria between countries, lack of stability of cholera surveillance systems over time, over ...
- Multi-country outbreak of cholera - World Health Organization (WHO)*** The number of suspected cholera and AWD cases are included based on the available Public Health Bulletin published by the National Institute of Health of Pakistan. § Countries which did not report cholera cases between 1 and 28 July 2024. ¥ Epidemiological situation of diseases in the Internationally Recognized Government areas of Yemen: Link
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