Thousands of people in Africa die from cholera

In recent times, cholera has spread to countries in Central and West Africa, causing thousands of deaths.

According to WHO statistics, as of September 13, 1040 people were infected in Chad and 65 died in Nigeria, more than 10,000 people had cholera, and the number of deaths was 614.

Lack of clean water is one of the reasons for the rapid spread of disease in African countries

Cameroon's Minister of Public Health, Mamafuda, said that since the outbreak of the epidemic in May, there have been 417 deaths and epidemics spreading in Cameroon, with hundreds more people being infected each day. sick. The Cameroon government has established an Office to address epidemic risks, and deal with spreading epidemics.

A few months ago, WHO staff also went to Cameroon to help the government deal with the disease. However, transportation is difficult, lack of clean drinking water and toilets, pollution of water sources, rainfall is constantly increasing and other factors make the effectiveness of prevention and control measures not high.

WHO also pointed out that Cameroon, Nigeria, Chad and other African countries are generally lacking in clean water and toilets. Moreover, people in these countries often migrate, so the speed of spread of the disease is increasing rapidly.