Cholera
Epidemics of cholera: Globally, cholera incidence has increased steadily since the beginning of the millenium with cholera outbreaks persisting in Sub-Saharan Africa and Asia. Cholera continues to pose a serious public health problem among developing world populations which have no access to adequate water and sanitation resources. In 2010, 36% of cases were reporte dfrom Africa whereas between 2001 and 2009, 93% to 98% of total cases worldwide were reported from that continent. Such a low proportion of cases in Africa had previously been reported in 1995 when the current pandemic affected Central Ameria and South America.
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Reported cases
>50%of reported cholera cases in 2010 occurred in the Americas, mostly in Haiti
Number of reported cholera casesTreatment
80%of cholera cases can be treated using only Oral Rehydration Salts (ORS)
WHO position paper on ORS to reduce mortality from choleraPrevention
783 millionpeople in the world do not use improved sources of drinking water
Use of improved drinking water sources
