Shiloh
Editor, Senior Moderator
Source: https://www.who.int/publications/m/...-external-situation-report--25--22-april-2025
Multi-country outbreak of cholera, external situation report #25 -22 April 2025
Edition 25
22 April 2025
| Emergency Situational Updates
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Overview
From 1 January to 30 March 2025, a cumulative total of 116 574 cholera cases and 1514 deaths were reported from 25 countries across three WHO regions, with the African Region recording the highest numbers, followed by the Eastern Mediterranean Region and the South-East Asia Region. In March 2025 (epidemiological weeks 10 to 13), a total of 32 985 new cholera and / or acute watery diarrhoea cases were reported from 22 countries, territories and areas across three WHO regions, reflecting a 9% decrease from February. The African Region registered the highest number of cases, followed by the Eastern Mediterranean Region and the South-East Asia Region. The period also saw 517 cholera-related deaths globally, highlighting an 8% decrease from the previous month.
In March, the average stockpile of Oral Cholera Vaccine stabilized at 5.2 million doses, the fourth consecutive month above the five million needed for emergency stockpile at all times. However, growing global demand continues to exceed supply, hindering efforts to control cholera outbreaks, respond rapidly to the disease’s spread, and implement preventative campaigns.
Conflict, mass displacement, disasters from natural hazards, and climate change have intensified outbreaks, particularly in rural and flood-affected areas, were poor infrastructure and limited healthcare access delay treatment. These cross-border factors have made cholera outbreaks increasingly complex and harder to control.
Cholera upsurge (2021-present): https://www.who.int/emergencies/situations/cholera-upsurge/
Multi-country outbreak of cholera, external situation report #25 -22 April 2025
Edition 25
22 April 2025
| Emergency Situational Updates
Overview
From 1 January to 30 March 2025, a cumulative total of 116 574 cholera cases and 1514 deaths were reported from 25 countries across three WHO regions, with the African Region recording the highest numbers, followed by the Eastern Mediterranean Region and the South-East Asia Region. In March 2025 (epidemiological weeks 10 to 13), a total of 32 985 new cholera and / or acute watery diarrhoea cases were reported from 22 countries, territories and areas across three WHO regions, reflecting a 9% decrease from February. The African Region registered the highest number of cases, followed by the Eastern Mediterranean Region and the South-East Asia Region. The period also saw 517 cholera-related deaths globally, highlighting an 8% decrease from the previous month.
In March, the average stockpile of Oral Cholera Vaccine stabilized at 5.2 million doses, the fourth consecutive month above the five million needed for emergency stockpile at all times. However, growing global demand continues to exceed supply, hindering efforts to control cholera outbreaks, respond rapidly to the disease’s spread, and implement preventative campaigns.
Conflict, mass displacement, disasters from natural hazards, and climate change have intensified outbreaks, particularly in rural and flood-affected areas, were poor infrastructure and limited healthcare access delay treatment. These cross-border factors have made cholera outbreaks increasingly complex and harder to control.
Cholera upsurge (2021-present): https://www.who.int/emergencies/situations/cholera-upsurge/