Cholera outbreaks in Angola

Cholera has killed 900 people in Angola in the past 10 weeks, with 25 people killed just this week, according to the Doctors Without Borders (MSF).

This is the worst cholera outbreak in Angola over the past several years. (Photo: TTO) In addition to the death toll, there are about 20,000 others infected in many provinces. Disease control measures have not been implemented adequately.

In the April 27 announcement, MSF warned that cholera in southwestern Angola had grown out of control. Only this week, an average of 30 new infections per hour and 1 death.

MSF also called on the Angolan government and international aid organizations to act more to prevent a pandemic.

Many Angolan households are living in a shortage of water and sewers after millions of people flock to cities and towns in the middle of a 27-year war, while cholera is a highly contagious disease. fast, wide-ranging and mainly caused by the use of unsanitary water sources.

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