Economic burden of cholera in the WHO African region

• Main Authors: Muthuri Lenity K (Author), Soumbey-Alley Edoh (Author), Yokouide Allarangar (Author), Sambo Luis G (Author), Kirigia Joses M (Author), Kirigia Doris G (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2009-04-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>In 2007, various countries around the world notified 178677 cases of cholera and 4033 cholera deaths to the World Health Organization (WHO). About 62% of those cases and 56.7% of deaths were reported from the WHO African Region alone...