Twanga Kolera Campaign – Page 2

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Cholera is a bacterial disease that can cause severe diarrhoea and sometimes vomiting, and if left untreated can cause death in a matter of hours. Since 1971, Kenya has experienced biennial outbreaks of cholera, however the frequency has increased since 2006, with the country now suffering from annual bouts of the disease that are taking longer to control.

The Ministry of Health on the 19th of October 2022 issued an alert to all counties of an outbreak of cholera that was spreading to across the country following its detection in Kiambu county. Since then, the country had recorded 4,295 by the end of January 2023.