2014–2015 African cholera outbreak

Disease outbreak in west and central Africa September 2014 2014 06-present Ghana, Nigeria, Niger, Togo, Benin, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ivory Coast, Chad, Liberia, Guinea-Bissau, Guinea 1,475Cholera in Ghana http://www.unicef.org/cholera/files/Cholera_regional_update_W52_2014_West_and_Central_Africa.pdf UNICEF 15 November 2014 Reported cases: 84,675 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 was 3 times more than in 2013. The case fatality ratio was 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.Outbreak in Ghana worst since 1982 http://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/health/artikel.php?ID=328382 GhanaWeb 1 October 2014 18 January 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20171023010922/https://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/health/artikel.php?ID=328382 23 October 2017 dead 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.Cholera in Ghana http://www.dailyguideghana.com/304-new-cholera-cases-recorded-in-16-days/ Accra, Ghana 26 January 2015 17 February 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20150130011238/http://www.dailyguideghana.com/304-new-cholera-cases-recorded-in-16-days/ 30 January 2015 dead dmy-all Daily Guide As of January 11 the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ghana and Nigeria are the countries with the highest number of new cases of the disease in 2015.UNICEF report week 2, 2015 http://reliefweb.int/report/nigeria/cholera-outbreak-west-and-central-africa-regional-update-2015-week-2-enfr UNICEF 29 January 2015 References Category:Cholera outbreaks Category:Disease outbreaks in Ghana Category:2014 in Africa Category:2015 in Africa Category:2014 in Ghana Category:2015 in Ghana Category:2014 disease outbreaks Category:2015 disease outbreaks