Following significant improvements in the rates of cholera after early-year vaccinations, existing poor water infrastructure and large population movements have led to a re-emergence of the bacterial infection centred primarily in the Kanyama district of the capital Lusaka. Current bad weather conditions are expected to worsen the situation. Read more. Zambia is just one of the countries highlighted in a cholera report from across the Eastern and Southern African region.
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