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  • Central African Republic: 2016 Cholera

    Source: http://www.africanews.com/2016/08/11...ican-republic/


    Cholera outbreak in the Central African Republic
    Linnete Bahati with AFP 14 hours ago
    Central African Republic

    Fears of a cholera outbreak have been confirmed in the Central African Republic.

    This follows the announcement made by the country?s Health Minister who said the disease has already claimed the lives of at least 10 people.

    In his statement, he said that the government has put all the necessary measures and urged the population to practice proper hygiene in a bid to contain the epidemic.

    Since the beginning of this month, a total of 19 cases of the disease had already been reported...

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    CHOLERA DEADLY EPIDEMIC IN CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC: 16 DEATHS
    magictr | August 14, 2016 | Health | No Comments


    A cholera epidemic has killed 16 people in the Central African Republic. UNICEF sounds the alarm.
    Cholera deadly epidemic in Central African Republic

    The Central African Republic is facing a cholera outbreak, officially declared on August 10 by the health authorities. The latter had established a track record of 46 confirmed cases and 13 deaths, but UNICEF has raised the estimates. According to the agency, at least 16 people died. This is the first recorded outbreak of cholera in the country since 2011.

    Seven children diagnosed
    Moreover, ?66 cases were recorded along the Oubangui river,? including seven children, says the United Nations Fund for Children. ?Children, especially those under five, are very vulnerable to this disease,? he recalled in a statement .
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    UNICEF and partners respond to the cholera outbreak in Central African Republic


    BANGUI, Central African Republic, 12 August 2016 - At least 16 people have died in the first cholera outbreak in the Central African Republic (CAR) since 2011. The outbreak was declared by the national authorities on 10 August. 66 cases, including at least seven children, are recorded along the Oubangui River.

    ?Young children, especially those under five years of age, are particularly vulnerable to this deadly disease?, said Mohammed Malick Fall, UNICEF Representative in CAR. ?We need to act quickly to ensure this easily preventable disease is not taking more lives.?

    Cholera is an acute diarrhoeal disease caused by ingestion of food or water that has been contaminated with the bacterium Vibrio cholera, which is found in faecal matter.

    The outbreak started in Djoukou, in Kemo district, a hard-to-reach area located approximately 100 kilometers up the river from the capital Bangui. Communities in this area have little or no access to clean water and use the Oubangui river as their primary source of water. Some of those areas are very difficult, if not impossible, to access by road. Affected people travelling in overcrowded boats have carried the bacteria downstream

    In collaboration with the Ministry of Health and partners, UNICEF is providing medicine, clean water, water purification tablets and hygiene kits to the affected communities.

    In addition, community mobilizers in the affected areas are educating the public on prevention measures such as drinking only safe water, washing hands with soap, eating cooked food and avoiding open defecation. Community mobilisation is key to prevent the spread of the disease since most of the affected villages have no access to electricity or telephone network.

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    • #3
      Source: http://reliefweb.int/report/central-...ergency-plan-0


      Central Africa Republic: Cholera Epidemic Outbreak Emergency Plan of Action (EPoA), DREF Operation Update n?1 (MDRCF021)
      Report
      from International Federation of Red Cross And Red Crescent Societies
      Published on 07 Dec 2016 ? View Original

      A. Situation analysis

      Description of the disaster

      According to the MoH and WHO situation report dated 7 August 2016, from 27 July to 5 August 2016, at least 36 cases of acute watery diarrhoea with severe dehydration were reported. In addition, eight deaths were reported in the village Mourou-fleuve, in Ndjoukou District, Kemo Province. A further, nine cases of acute watery diarrhoea with severe dehydration, including five deaths were recorded between 5 and 10 August 2016 in villages Zawara, Danga Emergency Emergency Emergency Emergency Plan Plan of Action operation update of Action operation updateof Action operation updateof Action operation updateof Action operation update of Action operation update of Action operation updateof Action operation update of Action operation update of Action operation update of Action operation update of Action operation updateof Action operation update of Action operation update Central African Republic: Cholera and Massamba in Damara district and one case at the Bruxelles quarter, in Bangui. On 10 August, the Pasteur Institute Bangui confirmed the presence of Vibrio cholerae in the sample taken from the affected cases that originated from Zawara.

      On the 10 August, 2016, the Minister of Health during a press conference declared the state of emergency for the cholera epidemic outbreak in the Central Africa Republic. The risk of spread of cholera was very high and the situation was most likely going to worsen if this was not addressed in a timely manner due to the high mobility of the population as well as the rainy season which lasts into November. According to the MoH and WHO, the cholera epidemic outbreak reached the capital, Bangui, on 1 September 2016, with at least four positive cases in the 2nd and 3rd districts specially in Benzvi and Boeing neighbourhood of the city. The most affected areas remained the districts of 1st, 4th and 7th in Bangui city.

      According to CAR health cluster meeting report of 20 September 2016, from the 5 July to the 20 September 2016 some 266 affected cases had been registered with 21 deaths (lethality rate: 7.8%). However, the same report, indicated that at least 3 new suspects cases were detected in Bangui during the period of 17 ? 19 September 2016 and five others from Ndjoukou District (where the epidemic outbreak started) from 16 ? 18 September 2016. Out of the last new cases, none of them was found positive.

      The CAR health cluster meeting, held on the 8 November 2016, revealed that the laboratory results of the sample taken on the 266th suspected case was found negative to the vibrio cholera. This case was therefore removed from the linear list, thus reducing the number of registered cases to 265 cholera cases including 139 children under 15 years old, with some 20 deaths (lethality rate: 7.5%). In addition, eight cases of infection to vibrio cholera and one case of serotype Inaba were confirmed by the Pasteur Institute of Bangui. The last confirmed case was registered in Bangui on the 23 September 2016. The country is expecting the government to declare the end of the epidemic shortly...

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