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Weekly Bulletin on Outbreaks and other Emergencies: Week 20: 13 to 19 May 2024 (Data as reported by: 17:00; 12 May 2024)

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This Weekly Bulletin focuses on public health emergencies occurring in the WHO African region. This week’s articles cover:

  • Cholera in Coromos

  • Humanitarian Crisis in Cabo Delgado, Mozambique

  • Floods in Burundi

    For each of these events, a brief description, followed by public health measures implemented and an interpretation of the situation, is provided.

    A table is provided at the end of the bulletin with information on all new and ongoing public health events currently being monitored in the region, as well as recent events that have been controlled and closed.

    Major issues include

    Since February 2024, The Union of Comoros has been responding to a cholera outbreak, facing challenges related to insufficient human and financial resources to conduct various public health interventions to control the outbreak effectively. There has been a prevailing tendency among the population to deny the existence of the disease and to seek medical care at healthcare facilities late, resulting in a high mortality rate within the community. The Government of the Union of the Comoros and its partners should prioritise and expand surveillance, awareness-raising activities, and vaccination campaigns to control and control this ongoing outbreak.