Cholera threats persists in West Africa’s Lake Chad Basin
by Oscar Nkala from Outbreak News Today on (#3X17S)
More than 20,000 cholera cases have been confirmed in the Lake Chad Basin states of Nigeria, Niger and Cameroon since January. In its latest epidemiological analysis of the regional cholera outbreak, the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) said 255 deaths have been reported since January. "This is 8 times more than the average cholera case-load ["]
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