MUQDISHO (KAAB TV) – The UN humanitarian agency said on Sunday that it had increased its action against a cholera outbreak in Somalia, where the death toll had risen to 120 since January.
According to the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), 10,647 new cases of cholera have been reported in seven regions, with a death rate of 1.1%.
“There is a need for additional funds to meet the needs of the affected people,” according to an OCHA report issued in Mogadishu, Somalia’s capital.
According to OCHA, the torrential rains raining in the country are expected to intensify the watery diarrhoea and cholera outbreaks that have already spread significantly in several places. It stated that the death rate is slightly above the World Health Organisation (WHO) emergency threshold is less than or equal to one percent.
According according to the United Nations, the cholera outbreak in Somalia is to blame for the growing number of people who lack access to clean water and sanitation.
According to WHO, Diarrhea/Cholera has been endemic in Somalia since 2022, and in the Banadir region since 2017.
In 2023, Somalia recorded over 18,304 cases and 46 deaths, with children under the age of five accounting for more than half.