WHO urges Africa to quickly detect cases, mount timely response amid surging cholera outbreaks

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WHO urges Africa to quickly detect cases, mount timely response amid surging cholera outbreaks

STORY: WHO urges Africa to quickly detect cases, mount timely response amid surging cholera outbreaks DATELINE: Feb. 10, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:02 LOCATION: Brazzaville CATEGORY: HEALTH SHOTLIST: 1. various of people infected with cholera and treatment in Beni, NE DR Congo 2. SOUNDBITE (English): PATRICK OTIM, Health Emergency Officer, Acute Events Management Unit of WHO regional office for Africa STORYLINE: Africa is witnessing an exponential rise in cholera cases amid a global surge, as cases recorded on the continent in the first month of 2023 alone have already risen by more than 30 percent of the total caseload recorded in the whole of 2022, said the World Health Organization (WHO) in a statement released Thursday. According to the WHO Regional Office for Africa, based in Brazzaville, the capital of the Republic of the Congo, an estimated 26,000 cases and 660 deaths have been reported as of Jan. 29 in ten African countries facing outbreaks since the beginning of the year. Nearly 80,000 cases and 1,863 d

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