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Since at least 1854, when John Snow discovered that cholera was spread through contaminated water supplies in central London, humans have understood that polluted water is bad for our health.
Among his initiatives was a campaign to redirect public spending to fight cholera, and a payroll audit to identify “ghost workers” – non-existent government employees who drain some $2 million from the budget every month.
An iconic example of icddr,b’s work is oral rehydration solution (ORS), a simple balanced solution of sugar and salt administered orally to people suffering from diarrheal diseases like cholera.
In the ensuing chaos, more than 50,000 refugees died from cholera.
This is often the first question I ask when I visit the site of a cholera outbreak anywhere in the world.
But without swift medical attention, cholera can sap the life out of an adult or child in a matter of hours.
Each year, cholera claims the lives of an estimated 95,000 people; many who die are children.
This year, images of listless, glassy-eyed cholera victims awaiting treatment have emerged in countries worldwide.
The world already has the knowledge and tools to control cholera effectively, but existing resources are not being aligned with the necessary global commitments.
Ending Cholera – A Global Roadmap to 2030 emphasizes a shift to proactive approaches, and aims to reduce cholera deaths by 90% over the next decade.
Based on three pillars – early detection, integrated prevention tactics, and coordination between countries and partners – the roadmap provides a concrete path for ending cholera as a public health threat.
Once cholera grips a community, it becomes increasingly difficult to control.
A multi-sector approach that includes investments in water, sanitation, and hygiene – so-called WASH services – can keep cholera at bay.
So can the proactive use of oral cholera vaccines and quick access to treatments, such as oral rehydration solution and intravenous fluids.
For this reason, the roadmap also encourages the preemptive and large-scale deployment of oral vaccines in cholera hotspots.
The vaccines work immediately, and can prevent cholera for up to three years, serving as a bridge to the implementation of longer-term solutions.
Oral cholera vaccines are available via a global stockpile maintained by the World Health Organization, with support from Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance.
Ending cholera as a health threat by 2030, as global partners and the WHO recently pledged, will require sustained collaboration and commitment from cholera-affected countries, technical partners, and international donors.
Implementing the plan will prove to be a cost-effective solution for countries saddled with responding to frequent cholera outbreaks.
We have the tools needed to beat cholera.
Diseases like cholera and tuberculosis were rife, and there was no way to treat them.
In September 1854, a cholera outbreak devastated the city’s impoverished, central Soho district, killing 500 people in just ten days.
Enter John Snow, a pioneering physician who had intuited that cholera was spread not through the air, as conventional wisdom held, but through water.
Snow’s other major contribution was to identify the central role that water plays in spreading diseases like cholera, leading authorities in Europe to invest in the development of sewage and sanitation systems.
This infrastructure-building was spectacularly successful: The last urban cholera outbreak in Western Europe occurred in 1892, and by the time World War I broke out, communicable diseases had ceased to be the leading cause of death across much of the continent.
Others have cholera, and when they die by the roadside there is no one to bury them.”
New Hope for HaitiNEW YORK – During a recent visit to the rural community of Los Palmas, Haiti, I had the opportunity to talk with families directly affected by the cholera epidemic that has been afflicting the country since the 2010 earthquake.
Increased community engagement and changes in hygiene practices have freed the women, men, and children of Los Palmas and the neighboring village of Jacob of cholera – a dramatic reversal from the last few years – and reduced their risk of contracting other water-borne diseases.
The campaign is the latest step in a comprehensive United Nations-supported operation to eliminate cholera from Haiti.
The UN and the Haitian government recently created a high-level committee tasked with implementing a comprehensive strategy that covers all aspects of cholera prevention and response, including scaled-up assistance for families and communities.
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