Shafaqna English- Approximately 80,000 children are at high risk of cholera as the rainy season begins in West and Central Africa, according to the UN’s children agency (UNICEF).
In a statement, the agency said active outbreaks in the Democratic Republic of Congo and Nigeria heightened the risk of cholera spreading, raising the threat of cross-border transmission to neighboring countries.
In Congo, the hardest-hit country in the region, health officials reported in July more than 38,000 cases and 951 deaths, with children under the age of five accounting for 25.6% of the cases, according to UNICEF.
Other countries grappling with cholera include Chad, the Republic of Congo, Ghana, Ivory Coast and Togo.
Sources: Anadolu Ajansı