Global cholera deaths rise sharply The analysis also found high levels of community deaths in some countries, which highlights serious gaps in treatment. CIDRAP

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Forty-five countries reported cases last year, one more than in 2022. Though cases were up 13%, deaths rose 71% compared to the previous year. More than 4,000 people died from their infections from a disease that is preventable and treatable, the WHO said.

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Extreme weather. A lack of lifesaving vaccines. Africa's cholera crisis is worse than ever (medicalxpress.com)

Extreme weather events have hit parts of Africa relentlessly in the last three years, with tropical storms, floods and drought causing crises of hunger and displacement. They leave another deadly threat behind them: some of the continent's worst outbreaks of cholera.

In southern and East Africa, more than 6,000 people have died and nearly 350,000 cases have been reported since a series of cholera outbreaks began in late 2021.....

All have experienced floods or drought—in some cases, both—and health authorities, scientists and aid agencies say the unprecedented surge of the water-borne bacterial infection in Africa is the newest example of how extreme weather is playing a role in driving disease outbreaks.

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