About Cholera Disease:
- It is a life-threatening infectious disease and a public health hazard.
- It is an acute, diarrheal illness caused by infection of the intestine with the bacterium Vibrio cholera.
- Symptoms: Profuse watery diarrhoea, Vomiting, Leg cramps etc
- It is transmitted to humans through water or food which is contaminated with the cholera bacterium.
- The disease can spread rapidly in areas with inadequate treatment of sewage and drinking water.
- Currently, there are three WHO pre-qualified oral cholera vaccines (OCV), Dukoral, Shanchol, and Euvichol-Plus. All three vaccines require two doses for full protection.
Q1) What is the goal of the World Health Organisation?
Our goal of WHO is to ensure that a billion more people have universal health coverage, to protect a billion more people from health emergencies, and provide a further billion people with better health and well-being.
Source: Climate change may worsen cholera crisis in Africa: WHO
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