Cargando…
Outbreak of Cholera Due to Cyclone Kenneth in Northern Mozambique, 2019
Cyclone Kenneth was the strongest in the recorded history of the African continent. It landed in the Cabo Delgado province in northern Mozambique on 25 April 2019, causing 45 deaths, destroying approximately 40,000 houses, and leaving 374,000 people in need for assistance, most at risk of acquiring...
Autores principales: | , , , , , |
---|---|
Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
Publicado: |
MDPI
2019
|
Materias: | |
Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6720437/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31443180 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph16162925 |
_version_ | 1783448126470750208 |
---|---|
author | Cambaza, Edgar Mongo, Edson Anapakala, Elda Nhambire, Robina Singo, Jacinto Machava, Edsone |
author_facet | Cambaza, Edgar Mongo, Edson Anapakala, Elda Nhambire, Robina Singo, Jacinto Machava, Edsone |
author_sort | Cambaza, Edgar |
collection | PubMed |
description | Cyclone Kenneth was the strongest in the recorded history of the African continent. It landed in the Cabo Delgado province in northern Mozambique on 25 April 2019, causing 45 deaths, destroying approximately 40,000 houses, and leaving 374,000 people in need for assistance, most at risk of acquiring waterborne diseases such as cholera. This short article aims to explain how the resulting cholera outbreak occurred and the response by the government and partner organizations. The outbreak was declared on 2 May 2019, after 14 cases were recorded in Pemba city (11 cases) and the Mecúfi district (3 cases). The disease spread to Metuge, and by the 12th of May 2019, there were 149 cases. Aware of the risk of an outbreak of cholera, the government and partners took immediate action as the cyclone ended, adapting the Cholera Response Plan for Beira, revised after the experience with cyclone Idai (4–21 March 2019). The response relevant to cholera epidemics consisted of social mobilization campaigns for prevention, establishment of treatment centers and units, coordination to improve of water, sanitation and hygiene, and surveillance. By 26 May 2019, 252,448 people were immunized in the area affected by cyclone Kenneth. The recovery process is ongoing but the number of new cases has been reducing, seemingly due to an efficient response, support of several organizations and collaboration of the civil society. Future interventions shall follow the same model of response but the government of Mozambique shall keep a contingency fund to manage disasters such as cyclone Idai and Kenneth. The unlikeliness of two cyclones (Idai and Kenneth) within two months after decades without such kind of phenomena points towards the problem of climate change, and Mozambique needs to prepare effective, proven response plans to combat outbreaks of waterborne diseases due to cyclones. |
format | Online Article Text |
id | pubmed-6720437 |
institution | National Center for Biotechnology Information |
language | English |
publishDate | 2019 |
publisher | MDPI |
record_format | MEDLINE/PubMed |
spelling | pubmed-67204372019-09-10 Outbreak of Cholera Due to Cyclone Kenneth in Northern Mozambique, 2019 Cambaza, Edgar Mongo, Edson Anapakala, Elda Nhambire, Robina Singo, Jacinto Machava, Edsone Int J Environ Res Public Health Communication Cyclone Kenneth was the strongest in the recorded history of the African continent. It landed in the Cabo Delgado province in northern Mozambique on 25 April 2019, causing 45 deaths, destroying approximately 40,000 houses, and leaving 374,000 people in need for assistance, most at risk of acquiring waterborne diseases such as cholera. This short article aims to explain how the resulting cholera outbreak occurred and the response by the government and partner organizations. The outbreak was declared on 2 May 2019, after 14 cases were recorded in Pemba city (11 cases) and the Mecúfi district (3 cases). The disease spread to Metuge, and by the 12th of May 2019, there were 149 cases. Aware of the risk of an outbreak of cholera, the government and partners took immediate action as the cyclone ended, adapting the Cholera Response Plan for Beira, revised after the experience with cyclone Idai (4–21 March 2019). The response relevant to cholera epidemics consisted of social mobilization campaigns for prevention, establishment of treatment centers and units, coordination to improve of water, sanitation and hygiene, and surveillance. By 26 May 2019, 252,448 people were immunized in the area affected by cyclone Kenneth. The recovery process is ongoing but the number of new cases has been reducing, seemingly due to an efficient response, support of several organizations and collaboration of the civil society. Future interventions shall follow the same model of response but the government of Mozambique shall keep a contingency fund to manage disasters such as cyclone Idai and Kenneth. The unlikeliness of two cyclones (Idai and Kenneth) within two months after decades without such kind of phenomena points towards the problem of climate change, and Mozambique needs to prepare effective, proven response plans to combat outbreaks of waterborne diseases due to cyclones. MDPI 2019-08-15 2019-08 /pmc/articles/PMC6720437/ /pubmed/31443180 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph16162925 Text en © 2019 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Communication Cambaza, Edgar Mongo, Edson Anapakala, Elda Nhambire, Robina Singo, Jacinto Machava, Edsone Outbreak of Cholera Due to Cyclone Kenneth in Northern Mozambique, 2019 |
title | Outbreak of Cholera Due to Cyclone Kenneth in Northern Mozambique, 2019 |
title_full | Outbreak of Cholera Due to Cyclone Kenneth in Northern Mozambique, 2019 |
title_fullStr | Outbreak of Cholera Due to Cyclone Kenneth in Northern Mozambique, 2019 |
title_full_unstemmed | Outbreak of Cholera Due to Cyclone Kenneth in Northern Mozambique, 2019 |
title_short | Outbreak of Cholera Due to Cyclone Kenneth in Northern Mozambique, 2019 |
title_sort | outbreak of cholera due to cyclone kenneth in northern mozambique, 2019 |
topic | Communication |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6720437/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31443180 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph16162925 |
work_keys_str_mv | AT cambazaedgar outbreakofcholeraduetocyclonekennethinnorthernmozambique2019 AT mongoedson outbreakofcholeraduetocyclonekennethinnorthernmozambique2019 AT anapakalaelda outbreakofcholeraduetocyclonekennethinnorthernmozambique2019 AT nhambirerobina outbreakofcholeraduetocyclonekennethinnorthernmozambique2019 AT singojacinto outbreakofcholeraduetocyclonekennethinnorthernmozambique2019 AT machavaedsone outbreakofcholeraduetocyclonekennethinnorthernmozambique2019 |