Cholera Prevention and Control

Cholera disease causes a lot of watery diarrhea and vomiting. Cholera diarrhea can look like cloudy rice water. Cholera can cause death from dehydration (the 

Chapter 7: Detection of Cholera Toxin

Laboratory Methods for the Diagnosis of Vibrio cholerae. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. VII. DETECTION OF CHOLERA TOXIN.

Guidelines for cholera control

on Cholera Control of the World Health Organization to help managers of national diarrhoeal The laboratory methods described in Annex 5 are based on.

Community Health Worker Training Materials for Cholera Prevention

Be able to choose the best methods to mobilize your community. » Develop a list of trusted community partners who can help you promote cholera prevention 

Cholera: mechanism for control and prevention

Mar 17 2011 Cholera prevention and control require access to safe water

CHOLERA OUTBREAK

Tips highlighting the main issues relating to cholera outbreaks. Introduction. 1. Detection. 2. Confirmation. 3. Response. 4. Information. 5. Treatment.

Community Health Worker Training Materials for Cholera Prevention

Why is safe food preparation important? • Wash Hands Often With Soap and Safe Water: Washing hands prevents cholera germs from getting into food. Wash hands 

Cholera

Cholera is an acute diarrheal illness of the intestine caused by the germ Vibrio cholerae. follow Centers for Disease Control and Prevention tips.

Community Health Worker Training Materials for Cholera Prevention

Understand the process of community mobilization. • Be able to choose the best methods to mobilize your community. » Develop a list of trusted community 

Use of Oral Cholera Vaccine in Humanitarian Emergencies

Jan 15 2014 Cholera control methods involve both curative and preventive activities. Like other diseases spread by the faecal-oral route

Cholera Prevention and Control - Centers for Disease Control

Protect yourself and your family from cholera and other diarrheal diseases: Drink and use safe water Safe water is water that is bottled with an unbroken seal has been boiled or has been treated with a chlorine product Wash hands often with soap and safe water

Cholera Prevention and Control: Introduction and Community

How can Cholera be Prevented? Drink and use safe water: • Bottled water with unbroken seal boiled treated with chlorine product Treat piped water as it may • not be safe: Treat with chlorine bleach product or household bleach Wash hands often with soap and safe water: If no soap: scrub hands with ash or sand and rinse with safe water

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• Symptoms

  Cholera is an extremely virulent disease that can cause severe acute watery diarrhoea. It takes between 12 hours and 5 days for a person to show symptoms after ingesting contaminated food or water (2). Cholera affects both children and adults and can kill within hours if untreated. Most people infected with V. choleraedo not develop any symptoms, a...

• History

  During the 19th century, cholera spread across the world from its original reservoir in the Ganges delta in India. Six subsequent pandemics killed millions of people across all continents. The current (seventh) pandemic started in South Asia in 1961, reached Africa in 1971 and the Americas in 1991. Cholera is now endemic in many countries.

• Vibrio cholerae Strains

  There are many serogroups of V. cholerae, but only two – O1 and O139 – cause outbreaks. V. cholerae O1 has caused all recent outbreaks. V. choleraeO139 – first identified in Bangladesh in 1992 – caused outbreaks in the past, but recently has only been identified in sporadic cases. It has never been identified outside Asia. There is no difference in...

• Epidemiology, Risk Factors, and Disease Burden

  Cholera can be endemic or epidemic. A cholera-endemic area is an area where confirmed cholera cases were detected during the last 3 years with evidence of local transmission (meaning the cases are not imported from elsewhere). A cholera outbreak/epidemic can occur in both endemic countries and in countries where cholera does not regularly occur. In...

• Prevention and Control

  A multifaceted approach is key to control cholera, and to reduce deaths. A combination of surveillance, water, sanitation and hygiene, social mobilisation, treatment, and oral cholera vaccines are used.

• Surveillance

  Cholera surveillance should be part of an integrated disease surveillance system that includes feedback at the local level and information-sharing at the global level. Cholera cases are detected based on clinical suspicion in patients who present with severe acute watery diarrhoea. The suspicion is then confirmed by identifying V. choleraein stool ...

• Water and Sanitation Interventions

  The long-term solution for cholera control lies in economic development and universal access to safe drinking water and adequate sanitation. Actions targeting environmental conditions include the implementation of adapted long-term sustainableWASH solutions to ensure use of safe water, basic sanitation and good hygiene practices in cholera hotspots...

• Treatment

  Cholera is an easily treatable disease. The majority of people can be treated successfully through prompt administration of oral rehydration solution (ORS). The WHO/UNICEF ORS standard sachet is dissolved in 1 litre (L) of clean water. Adult patients may require up to 6 L of ORS to treat moderate dehydration on the first day. Severely dehydrated pa...

• Community Engagement

  Community Engagement means that people and communities are part of the process of developing and implementing programmes. Local culture practices and beliefs are central to promoting actions such as the adoption of protectivehygiene measures such as handwashing with soap, safe preparation and storage of food and safe disposal of the faeces of child...