{"id":60338,"date":"2025-10-02T19:13:59","date_gmt":"2025-10-02T19:13:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mauritius\/all-news\/cholera-remains-serious-public-health-risk-who-reports"},"modified":"2025-10-02T19:39:37","modified_gmt":"2025-10-02T19:39:37","slug":"cholera-remains-serious-public-health-risk-who-reports","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mauritius\/all-news\/cholera-remains-serious-public-health-risk-who-reports","title":{"rendered":"Cholera Remains Serious Public Health Risk WHO Reports"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Mauritius. <\/strong><\/span>The number of registered cholera cases is increasing, with more than 4,200 people dying from the disease across Africa in 2025, the World Health Organization (WHO) said Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>Patrick Abok, acting regional emergencies director at the WHO Regional Office for Africa, said the region is experiencing some of the toughest health emergencies in recent years.<\/p>\n<p>He cited a new Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo\u2019s Kasai province, cholera, mpox, measles and other diseases that continue to strain an already fragile health system.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis year alone, more than 190,000 people have contracted cholera and over 4,200 have died from 23 countries, of which 16 still have active outbreaks,\u201d Abok said at a virtual news conference from Angola, convened to brief reporters on the region\u2019s health emergencies. \u201cAccess to safe water and hygiene facilities remains inadequate, and therefore cholera continues as a serious public health risk in places already facing a humanitarian crisis.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Abok said the WHO is supporting cholera treatment centers, providing supplies and facilitating vaccinations to contain the disease spread &#8212; with more than 15 million doses administered this year.<\/p>\n<p>Cholera has swept through several African nations, including Chad, Sudan, Ethiopia, and the Democratic Republic of Congo, due to poor sanitation and climate-related flooding.<\/p>\n<p>The bacterial infection is caused by consuming contaminated water or food.<\/p>\n<p><b>Source: WHO<\/b><\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Mauritius<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Mauritius. The number of registered cholera cases is increasing, with more than 4,200 people dying from the disease across Africa in 2025, the World Health Organization (WHO) said Thursday. 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