Declared in June 2014, the West and Central African cholera outbreak as of January 25, 2015 claimed 1,683 registered deaths and over 91,361 reported cases with a reported case fatality rate (CFR) of 2% in 11 countries, which is 3 times more than in 2013. The case fatality ratio is high in the Sahelian area, equal or greater than 2%, especially in Nigeria, Chad, Cameroon and Niger. Nigeria, Ghana and Democratic Republic of the Congo being the most affected countries with Ghana reporting its worst outbreak since 1982.[1][2]
In January 2015 the Greater Accra Region and Volta region still reported cases of Cholera while in the rest of Ghana the outbreak was declared over.[3] As of January 11 the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ghana and Nigeria are the countries with highest number of new cases of the disease in 2015.[4]
References
- ^ a b c "Cholera in Ghana" (PDF). UNICEF. 15 November 2014.
- ^ "Outbreak in Ghana worst since 1982". GhanaWeb. 1 October 2014. Archived from the original on 23 October 2017. Retrieved 18 January 2015.
- ^ "Cholera in Ghana". Daily Guide. 26 January 2015. Archived from the original on 30 January 2015. Retrieved 17 February 2015.
- ^ "UNICEF report week 2, 2015". UNICEF. 29 January 2015.