At the same time, severe floods across Central and West Africa, as well as South-East Asia, have resulted in high cholera transmission, due to critical infrastructure being damaged and high ...

While there are currently cholera epidemics in the Middle East, the Americas and Southeast Asia, Africa is by far the worst-affected region. Vaccines alliance GAVI and UNICEF said last month that ...

Cholera is typically most prevalent in communities with poor infrastructure or during humanitarian emergencies, such as earthquakes, where there is a lack of clean water, poor hygiene and limited ...

The regions most affected by cholera have changed considerably, with a 32 percent drop in cases in the Middle East and Asia, against a 125 percent increase in sub-Saharan Africa, according to the WHO.