{"id":28210,"date":"2023-02-23T12:00:28","date_gmt":"2023-02-23T12:00:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/selfhelpafrica.org\/ie\/?p=28210"},"modified":"2023-10-02T10:54:50","modified_gmt":"2023-10-02T09:54:50","slug":"cholera-outbreak-in-malawi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/selfhelpafrica.org\/ie\/cholera-outbreak-in-malawi\/","title":{"rendered":"Malawi&#8217;s Cholera Outbreak"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Malawi is in the grip of one of its worst cholera outbreaks in a generation. Early this year, the country was reporting around 500 new cases each day. From February 2022 &#8211; August 2023, there have been almost 60,000 suspected\/confirmed cases and over 1,700 deaths in the country.<\/p><p>Health services say that up to 10 million people, half of whom are children, are at risk.<\/p><p>Malawi\u2019s worst cholera outbreak in 20 years underscores the vital importance of the large-scale water, sanitation and hygiene work being undertaken in the country by Self Help Africa.&nbsp;<\/p><p>\u00a0Since July 2022, we have worked with government authorities and partners to support more than 175,000 people across 15 districts,\u00a0 supporting efforts to strengthen existing community systems,\u00a0 test and treat community water sources, and provide hygiene supplies, water purification tablets and more.\u00a0<\/p><figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"x-resp-embed x-is-video x-is-youtube\"><iframe title=\"Malawi&#039;s Cholera Response\" width=\"877\" height=\"493\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/akBiMQgRZXc?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div><\/figure><p>Cholera is a disease that is spread through contaminated food or water and causes acute watery diarrhoea. While many people who contract the illness have mild symptoms that can be treated successfully with oral rehydration solutions. If left untreated it can kill adults and children within hours.<br><br>Poor access to clean water, toilets and hand washing facilities often cause cholera to spread, as does inadequate handwashing in communities.\u00a0<\/p><p>The Government is working with UN agencies and local and international humanitarian partners \u2013 including Self Help Africa\/United Purpose \u2013 to coordinate a cross-country response that includes awareness-raising campaigns, the building of water points and latrines and, where available, access to vaccines.<\/p><p>Self Help Africa and United Purpose are currently working in five cholera hot spots, supporting around 175,000 people with water, sanitation, and hygiene services. This includes repairing water points, testing and treating household water, and educating communities on safe hygiene practices.<\/p><p>While around 70% of people in Malawi have access to safe water, just a quarter (26 per cent) have access to correctly constructed and properly maintained toilets, with only 8% practicing good hygiene. <\/p><p>\u201cWe often see more cholera cases in the rainy season because most communities in Malawi don\u2019t have access to safe water and many use open, shallow wells that are close to latrines,\u201d say WASH programme manager Smorden Tomoka. \u201cTo see an outbreak of this scale during the dry season is devastating. 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