Cholera is an acute diarrheal infection caused by ingestion of food or water contaminated with the bacterium Vibrio cholera. Generally the cholera bacteria spreads in places with poor hygiene, where people do not use latrines to dispose of excreta, or do not wash their hands with soap or ash after defecation.
On 3 Feb 2015, the Director of Medical Services in Kenya issued a cholera outbreak alert following an increase in cases of Acute Watery Diarrhea (AWD) in several counties in the country. Cholera outbreaks were confirmed in Homa Bay, Migori and Nairobi counties. As of 16 Feb, a total of 805 cases have been reported with 12 deaths. In Homa Bay, 122 cases and three deaths have been reported; in Migori, 637 cases and seven deaths; and in Nairobi, 46 cases (the cases being reported have since stabilized) and two deaths. In Kisii, one case has been reported, and in Lamu County an increase in AWD is under investigation.
Cholera has also killed 11 people in Nairobi. The first case was reported in the sprawling Mukuru kwa Njenga slum. Some 949 people — most of them pregnant women and children under five years — had been treated for cholera and other water-borne diseases like diarrhea, vomiting and dysentery.
Let’s all keep up hygiene to cub this!
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