Cholera is making a comeback in the Middle East and Africa, and its rapid rise has experts sounding alarms about the damage it is causing.
Editor’s Note: A version of this story first appeared in CNN’s Meanwhile in the Middle East newsletter, a three-times-a-week look inside the region’s biggest stories. Sign up here. The disease had been in decline for years, but 2022 witnessed what the United Nations called “a worrying upsurge” around the globe. The World Health Organization says that since January, 29 countries have reported outbreaks. For the previous five years, fewer than 20 countries on average reported outbreaks.
’s Middle East and North Africa office, told CNN, adding that this “can be enough for stopping transmission during an epidemic.” The two-dose regimen, with a 15-day interval, offers protection for three to five years. The rapid rise in cases has put a strain on WHO and its partners’ ability to respond quickly, said Dick Chamla, emergency preparedness manager for the Africa region at WHO.
on Monday called for immediate action as cholera spreads through Syria and Lebanon, saying the disease is threatening the survival of children. “Malnourished children are more vulnerable to developing severe cholera disease,” Bertrand Bainvel, ’s deputy regional director for the Middle East and North Africa, said in the statement. “In the Middle East, more and more people suffer from food insecurity and malnutrition due to different factors linked to conflict, [economic] crisis, drought and water scarcity, making them more vulnerable in case of cholera epidemic,” said Oweis. Lebanon, which hosts 1.5 million Syrian refugees, recorded its first case in three decades in October.
has made an urgent appeal for $40.5 million to expand its response in Syria and Lebanon alone. Some African countries are also experiencing worsening outbreaks, including those who have already been struggling with the disease for years. Communities in Somalia, Cameroon, Malawi, the Democratic Republic of Congo and Benin have all reported a surge in cases, according to disease outbreak reports by WHO.
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