Cholera outbreak: What you need to know about the disease, its spread and a potential action plan to fight the nationwide outbreak

Academy of Science of South Africa (ASSAf)

Cholera outbreak: What you need to know about the disease, its spread and a potential action plan to fight the nationwide outbreak

assaf.author.orcid	Ubomba-Jaswa, Eunice [0000-0001-9774-1187]	en_ZA
assaf.author.orcid	Page, Nicola [0000-0001-5845-4417]	en_ZA
assaf.author.orcid	Cloete, Eugene [0000-0001-6207-1371]	en_ZA
assaf.author.orcid	Singh, Jerome [0000-0002-6275-6853]	en_ZA
assaf.peer-review.status	Non-Peer Reviewed	en_ZA
assaf.youtube.embedcode	src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/Al-0wFenwuw?si=19Nb7j1181sxr8bb"	en_ZA
dc.contributor.author	Academy of Science of South Africa (ASSAf)
dc.date.accessioned	2023-08-25T07:23:29Z
dc.date.available	2023-08-25T07:23:29Z
dc.date.issued	2023
dc.description	MP4 video, Size: 746 MB (782 849 130 bytes); Duration: 01:32:37	en_ZA
dc.description.abstract	This webinar was presented on 14 August 2023. Safe, high-quality drinking water is an essential aspect of public health. Despite the fact that water is a necessity of human life, about 20% of the world’s population lacks safe drinking water. In South Africa, approximately 3 million people do not have access to potable water supply and 14 million people are deprived of safe sanitation services. Water quality is an acute problem, especially for developing nations. In these countries, up to 90% of the cities discharge their untreated sewage into rivers and streams. These surface waters in turn may be used for drinking and personal sanitation purposes. The unsanitary water supplies found in many of these densely populated areas foster the spread of gastrointestinal illnesses and serious infectious diseases that contribute greatly to the burden of morbidity and mortality. On 21 May 2023, the health department in Gauteng declared a cholera outbreak in Hammanskraal, an area about 50 kilometres north of its administrative capital Pretoria, in the City of Tshwane. Cholera is defined as an infectious and often fatal bacterial disease of the small intestine, typically contracted from infected water supplies. Vulnerable groups such as children, the elderly, and immunocompromised patients (e.g., those who are undergoing chemotherapy, taking steroids, or afflicted with HIV/AIDS) are at special risk of diseases caused by water contamination. This webinar aimed to: • Inform the public about cholera and the current status of the outbreak. • To discuss the implications of the outbreak on Sustainable Development Goal 6: Access to Water and Sanitation for all. • Outline an action plan to fight the nationwide cholera outbreak.	en_ZA
dc.description.sponsorship	Academy of Science of South Africa (ASSAf)	en_ZA
dc.identifier.citation	Academy of Science of South Africa (ASSAf), (2023). Cholera outbreak: What you need to know about the disease, its spread and a potential action plan to fight the nationwide outbreak. [Online] Available at: https://youtu.be/Al-0wFenwuw	en_ZA
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11911/350
dc.identifier.uri	https://youtu.be/Al-0wFenwuw
dc.language.iso	en	en_ZA
dc.publisher	Academy of Science of South Africa (ASSAf)	en_ZA
dc.subject	Cholera	en_ZA
dc.subject	Outbreak	en_ZA
dc.subject	Action plan	en_ZA
dc.subject	Disease	en_ZA
dc.subject	Spread	en_ZA
dc.subject	SDG 3	en_ZA
dc.subject	SDG 6	en_ZA
dc.title	Cholera outbreak: What you need to know about the disease, its spread and a potential action plan to fight the nationwide outbreak	en_ZA
dc.type	Video	en_ZA