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- Over 100,000 cholera cases reported in Africa in 2024
- Zambia and Zimbabwe each reported over 20,000 cases
- Climate change worsens cholera by damaging sanitation infrastructure
Between January and mid-June 2024, more than 100,000 cases (suspected and lab confirmed) had been reported in African countries.
Zambia and Zimbabwe have each reported more than 20,000 cholera cases this year. More than 1,000 people have died of the disease – 637 in Zambia and 397 in Zimbabwe, according to the World Health Organization.
Mozambique, the island of Comoros, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Ethiopia and Somalia have also been hard hit by cholera this year.
Climate change is worsening the problem of cholera outbreaks. Cyclones, floods and droughts create an ideal environment for cholera to spread because they reduce people’s access to clean water and sanitation infrastructure is often damaged.
— 9 July, 2024Subscribe to the weekly newsletter for more charts like this
