8 things to know about the world’s deadliest cholera outbreak paid UNICEFUSA
Cholera is an acute diarrheal infection caused by eating food or drinking water contaminated with a bacteria, , even in previously healthy people.
Mado Tshiabo sits beside her 3-year-old son, Costa, the day after she rushed him and his sister to a UNICEF-supported cholera treatment unit in Mbuji-Mayi, Democratic Republic of the Congo."The DRC cholera outbreak is by far the world's deadliest. Last year, more than 17,000 cases of cholera were recorded in the DRC. The 2019 cholera death toll is three times higher than it was in 2009.
Popular wisdom held that cholera came from bacteria living in Lake Tanganyika, a primary water source. But recent studies designed to locate the presence of the bacteria in the lake have been inconclusive. Instead, the focus has shifted to stopping the constant stream of bacteria fed into the lake by affected people living in these coastal"hot spots."
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