Cholera
📍 Multiple countries
All Cholera outbreaks →Cumulative cases since outbreak start — WHO DON bulletin dated 2025-08-29
Official report date — in isolated zones, field onset typically precedes this by days to weeks.
The exact nature of this date (week of confirmation, transmission period, or bulletin publication date) is not specified by the source.
The global cholera situation continues to deteriorate, driven by conflict and poverty, posing a significant public health challenge across multiple WHO regions. Between 1 January and 17 August 2025, a total of 409 222 cholera/Acute Watery Diarrhoea (AWD) cases and 4738 deaths were reported globally, from 31 countries, with six of the 31 countries reporting case fatality rates above 1%, indicating serious gaps in case management and delayed access to care. Cholera is resurging in a number of countries, including some that had not reported substantial case numbers in years, like Chad and the Republic of Congo, while other countries, such as the Democratic Republic of the Congo, South Sudan, and Sudan, are experiencing outbreaks that are continuing from 2024, with significant geographic expansion. This complicates containment efforts and strains fragile health systems.
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HealthWatch Global. Cholera outbreak — Multiple countries [Internet]. 2025-08-29 [cited 2026 Aug 20]. Available from: https://healthwatch-global.com/en/outbreak/d24bc345-0d66-4722-a03e-1a80ff9d1e62. Data source: WHO DON.
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