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Cholera outbreak in Haiti, 2010 - Coggle Diagram
Cholera outbreak in Haiti, 2010
Cholera is an infection that is caused by the bacterium Vibrio Cholera. It is a water-borne disease, although it can also transmitted by contaminated food. Cholera outbreaks require two conditions:
- a significant decline of water sanitation leading to contamination by the bacterium Vibrio Cholera
- the presence of cholera in the population
Transmission of vibrio Cholera is relatively easy in areas of poor housing and sanitation. It particularly affects displaced populations living in overcrowded camps. Children under five are especially vulnerable.
Transmission happened due to the devastating 2010 earthquake, and was brought by the UN peacekeepers from Nepal.
Over 500,000 reported cases and 7,000 deaths. Even now there are approximately 2300 people hospitalized for cholera every week.
1817 – First known cholera pandemic breaks out in India, where the disease
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to the Philippines and west to the Middle East and Africa. 13,000
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1829 – A second pandemic begins in India, leading to 21,000 deaths. The
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1854 – More than 23,000 people die in Great Britain. Dr John Snow
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1899 – The sixth recorded global pandemic begins in India. Following this,
the disease vanishes from most of the world, except in the Indian
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1991 – Cholera appears in Peru, killing 3,000 people. This is the fi rst time
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1994 – Cholera breaks out in Rwandan refugee camps near Goma, Zaire,
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