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Bookmark or Share- Cholera - World Health Organization (WHO)Cholera is an acute diarrhoeal disease that can kill within hours if left untreated. Cholera is an acute infection of the gut, caused by ingestion of food or water contaminated with the bacterium Vibrio cholerae O1 or O139. Infection can lead to profuse watery diarrhoea, which if untreated, can lead to rapid dehydration.
- Cholera - World Health Organization (WHO)Cholera is an extremely serious disease that can cause severe acute watery diarrhoea with severe dehydration. It takes between 12 hours and 5 days for a person to show symptoms after consuming contaminated food or water. Cholera affects both children and adults and can kill within hours if untreated. Most people infected with Vibrio cholerae do ...
- Cholera - World Health Organization (WHO)Cholera is a disease of poverty affecting people with inadequate access to safe water and basic sanitation. Conflict, unplanned urbanization and climate change all increase the risk of cholera. Researchers have estimated that each year there are 1.3 to 4.0 million cases of cholera, and 21 000 to 143 000 deaths worldwide due to cholera (1).
- Cholera - Haiti - World Health Organization (WHO)Cholera is an easily treatable disease. Most people can be treated successfully through prompt administration of oral rehydration solution (ORS). The consequences of a humanitarian crisis – such as disruption of water and sanitation systems, or the displacement of populations towards inadequate and overcrowded camps – can increase the risk ...
- Cholera – Global situation - World Health Organization (WHO)The average cholera CFR reported globally in 2021 was 1.9% (2.9% in Africa), a significant increase above acceptable (
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