2014–15 African cholera outbreak

Declared in June 2014, the West and Central African cholera outbreak as of January 25, 2015 claimed 1,683 registered deaths and over 91,361 reported cases with a reported case fatality rate (CFR) of 2% in 11 countries, which is 3 times more than in 2013. The case fatality ratio is high in the Sahelian area, equal or greater than 2%, especially in Nigeria, Chad, Cameroon and Niger. Nigeria, Ghana and Democratic Republic of the Congo being the most affected countries with Ghana reporting its worst outbreak since 1982.^[3][4]

In January 2015 the Greater Accra Region and Volta region still reported cases of Cholera while in the rest of Ghana the outbreak was declared over.^[5] As of January 11 the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ghana and Nigeria are the countries with highest number of new cases of the disease in 2015.^[6]

References

Cholera
Cholera	Symptoms Treatment Prevention Susceptibility Transmission Diagnosis History Timeline
Cholera bacteria	Vibrio cholerae Strains: El Tor Discovery: 1854 Broad Street cholera outbreak John Snow Henry Whitehead
Treatment	Oral rehydration therapy Antibiotics: Tetracycline cotrimoxazole erythromycin doxycycline chloramphenicol furazolidone Fluoroquinolones: norfloxacin
Outbreaks	Cholera pandemics: 1817–24 cholera pandemic 1829–51 cholera pandemic 1852–60 cholera pandemic 1863–75 cholera pandemic 1881–96 cholera pandemic 1899–1923 cholera pandemic 1961–75 cholera pandemic Other outbreaks: 1854 Broad Street cholera outbreak 2007 Iraq cholera outbreak 2008 Congo cholera outbreak 2008 Zimbabwean cholera outbreak 2010 Haiti cholera outbreak 2012 Sierra Leonean cholera outbreak 2014–15 African cholera outbreak