Declining global trends of cholera: areas to strengthen and the way forward

Year 2020, Volume: 45 Issue: 3, 1246 - 1247, 30.09.2020

Saurabh Shrivastava , Prateek Shrivastava

https://doi.org/10.17826/cumj.669113

Abstract

Cholera has been regarded as one of the major public health concerns of infectious origin in the low- and middle-income nations. The disease remains highly fatal in the absence of the provision of appropriate treatment. In-fact, the available global estimates suggest that on an average the disease infects 2.5 million people each year of which 0.14 million people succumb to death due to the unavailability of treatment services. It is important to acknowledge that the disease predominantly affects poorest and most susceptible individuals and that each and every death attributed to cholera is preventable considering the tools which we are having at present

Keywords

cholera, WHO, global trend

Supporting Institution

Shri Sathya Sai Medical College and Research Institute, Sri Balaji Vidyapeeth - Deemed to be University, Pondicherry

Project Number

Nil

Thanks

Nil

Azalan küresel kolera eğilimleri: güçlendirilecek alanlar ve ileriye dönük alınacak yol

Abstract

Cholera has been regarded as one of the major public health concerns of infectious origin in the low- and middle-income nations. It is quite encouraging to know that a decline of almost 60% was reported in the incidence of the cases in the year 2018, with a significant reduction in the number of cases in the high endemic nations. The reported decline is an outcome of the sustained commitment of policy makers, efforts of the health workers, community engagement and organization of the mass vaccination campaigns against the disease. In order to expedite the gains accomplished, the global readers have formulated a roadmap for attaining the specified target by 2030 and it lays down the plan to prevent and eventually eliminate the disease. In conclusion, despite the significant gains accomplished in the battle against the prevention and control of the disease, a lot needs to be done and this will essentially require a multisectoral and a concerted approach.

Keywords

Cholera, WASH, World Health Organization

Project Number

Nil

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