Malawi; At least two hundred fourteen (214) have been killed in Malawi following the outbreak of Cholera.
The outbreak is currently the worst after a decade and has started to pick its momentum after showcasing last month (October), the Malawian Ministry of Health said on Wednesday.
Given the estimation, the country has recorded 7,499 cases of the disease since March, in what the UN said in a statement that it is the highest outbreak to hit Malawi in a period of ten (10) years.
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The Malawian Ministry of Health stated that one hundred seventy-four (174) new cases were reported on Tuesday, November 8, 2022, down from the increase of more than two hundred (200) a day in the third week of October.
“The epidemic forms a wave and the statistics show that the numbers are going down after the showcase in October,” The director of preventive Health Services at the Health Ministry-Storm Kabuluzi told AFP.
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Earlier this week, the WHO (World Health Organization) and the United Nations children’s agency UNICEF said in a statement that the country had received 2.9 million doses of oral cholera vaccine to give away its immunization campaign.
Cholera is contracted from a bacterium that is generally transmitted through contaminated food or water. It causes diarrhoea and severe vomiting and can be dangerous for children.
Malawian Ministry of Health has appealed to a helping hand from Church leaders in order to encourage the followers to seek treatment when reporting Cholera symptoms.
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In September 2022, the World Health Organization warned that after years of decline, the planet was witnessing a “worrying upsurge” in cholera outbreaks, with climate change adding to traditional triggers such as Conflict and Poverty.
The disease affects between 1.3 million and four million (4,000,000) people each year, causing up to 143,000 deaths.
