Thirty-seven individuals have died from cholera in the last six months, according to Ethiopia’s Public Health Institute (EPHI), mostly in areas most severely affected by a protracted ongoing drought.
The UN reports that the greatest drought in 40 years is currently occurring in the Oromia and Somale regions, where the outbreak started in August 2022.
The issue has been contained, according to authorities, by the establishment of treatment facilities.
In its report, EPHI also says that a measles outbreak has claimed 148 lives in the past 18 months.
