2022–2024 Southern Africa cholera outbreak

2022–2025 Southern Africa cholera outbreak
DiseaseCholera
LocationSouthern Africa
Eastern Africa
DateMarch 2022 – present
Confirmed cases>624,600
Deaths
>11,400

The 2022–2025 Southern Africa cholera outbreak is an outbreak that has spread across Southern and Eastern Africa. It started in Machinga District in Malawi in March 2022. The cholera outbreak in Malawi linked to cases in South Africa, the strains belong to the seventh cholera pandemic. Rather than being a resurgence of a previously circulating strain in Africa, these cases likely resulted from the introduction of a new cholera agent from South Asia into Africa.

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