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Cholera cases decreased 📉 globally by 60% in 2018: an encouraging trend in #cholera prevention and control in the world’s major cholera hotspots, including Haiti, Somalia and DRC bit.ly/35Nzr89

@WHOAFRO @WHOWPRO @WHOSEARO @WHO_Europe @WHOEMRO @pahowho The global decrease in #cholera cases appears to be linked to large-scale vaccination campaigns and countries beginning to adopt the strategy in the Global Roadmap to 2030 in their national cholera action plans bit.ly/35Nzr89

@WHOAFRO @WHOWPRO @WHOSEARO @WHO_Europe @WHOEMRO @pahowho Several countries, incl.:
🇿🇲Zambia
🇸🇸South Sudan
🇹🇿Tanzania
🇸🇴Somalia
🇧🇩Bangladesh
🇳🇬Nigeria
have made significant progress in developing national action plans applying the Global Roadmap strategy on #cholera control bit.ly/35Nzr89

@WHOAFRO @WHOWPRO @WHOSEARO @WHO_Europe @WHOEMRO @pahowho The Global Roadmap aims to reduce #cholera deaths by 90% and to eliminate transmission in up to 20 countries by 2030 bit.ly/35Nzr89

@WHOAFRO @WHOWPRO @WHOSEARO @WHO_Europe @WHOEMRO @pahowho Nearly 18 million doses of Oral #Cholera Vaccine were shipped to 11 countries in 2018.
Since the vaccine stockpile was created in 2013, almost 60 million doses have been shipped worldwide bit.ly/35Nzr89

📷: @gavi

@WHOAFRO @WHOWPRO @WHOSEARO @WHO_Europe @WHOEMRO @pahowho @gavi .@gavi has provided funding for purchase of the Oral #Cholera Vaccine and financial support for the global vaccination drives bit.ly/35Nzr89

📷: @gavi

@WHOAFRO @WHOWPRO @WHOSEARO @WHO_Europe @WHOEMRO @pahowho @gavi Cholera is an acute diarrhoeal infection caused by ingestion of food or water contaminated with the bacterium Vibrio cholerae.
#Cholera affects both children and adults and can kill within hours if left untreated bit.ly/35Nzr89