LUSAKA, Zambia
Zambia has experienced a significant increase in cholera cases, with 700 fatalities reported since January 2024, according to Doctors Without Borders.
According to africanews
website, the country has seen nearly 20,000 infections since the outbreak began
in October 2023.
Initially confined to Lusaka
and Ndola, the two largest cities in Zambia, the disease has now spread to all
provinces, posing a potential threat to the entire southern Africa region.
The report says that cases
have also been reported in neighboring Zimbabwe, Democratic Republic of Congo,
and Malawi.
Zambia’s ministry of health
initiated a vaccination campaign in January, targeting 1.5 million people in
high-risk areas.
Cholera is primarily
transmitted through contaminated food and water, with the highest number of
cases recorded in the capital city of Lusaka.
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