The Cholera outbreak in Karachi, Pakistan: Challenges, efforts and recommendations

Sindh Health Authorities have declared a new outbreak of cholera in Karachi, Pakistan after 129 lab-confirmed cases were reported from the Central, East, and South districts. With COVID-19 already having wreaked havoc on the country's health condition in the past years, any neglect in early pre...

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Autores principales: Khan, Hira Anas, Masood, Waniyah, Siddiqui, Amna, Ahmad, Shkaib, Salman, Yumna, Essar, Mohammad Yasir
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2022
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Short Communication
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9151462/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35663121
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.amsu.2022.103873
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author Khan, Hira Anas
Masood, Waniyah
Siddiqui, Amna
Ahmad, Shkaib
Salman, Yumna
Essar, Mohammad Yasir
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description Sindh Health Authorities have declared a new outbreak of cholera in Karachi, Pakistan after 129 lab-confirmed cases were reported from the Central, East, and South districts. With COVID-19 already having wreaked havoc on the country's health condition in the past years, any neglect in early preventative measures against this cholera outbreak implies progression to a perilous situation with millions of individuals at stake of acquiring the disease. Factors contributing to the occurrence of cholera outbreak include poor hygiene practices, overpopulation, increasing poverty and climate change. Appropriate responsive approaches by health authorities in cooperation with the World Health Organization (WHO) must be implemented to address the situation accordingly.
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spelling pubmed-91514622022-05-31 The Cholera outbreak in Karachi, Pakistan: Challenges, efforts and recommendations Khan, Hira Anas Masood, Waniyah Siddiqui, Amna Ahmad, Shkaib Salman, Yumna Essar, Mohammad Yasir Ann Med Surg (Lond) Short Communication Sindh Health Authorities have declared a new outbreak of cholera in Karachi, Pakistan after 129 lab-confirmed cases were reported from the Central, East, and South districts. With COVID-19 already having wreaked havoc on the country's health condition in the past years, any neglect in early preventative measures against this cholera outbreak implies progression to a perilous situation with millions of individuals at stake of acquiring the disease. Factors contributing to the occurrence of cholera outbreak include poor hygiene practices, overpopulation, increasing poverty and climate change. Appropriate responsive approaches by health authorities in cooperation with the World Health Organization (WHO) must be implemented to address the situation accordingly. Elsevier 2022-05-31 /pmc/articles/PMC9151462/ /pubmed/35663121 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.amsu.2022.103873 Text en © 2022 The Authors https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open access article under the CC BY license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9151462/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35663121
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