Cholera

Question 1

How many cases in 2013 Africa ?

Answer 1

3-5 million

100,000 deaths

Question 2

Where does it thrive ?

Answer 2

Dirty water environments.
Poor sanitation.
Over crowding.

Question 3

How to control spread now?

Answer 3

Only drink safe clean water.
Wash hands.
Poo in secure toilets.

Question 4

What will climate change do to cholera?

Answer 4

More warming.
More intense storms as conditions present.
Extended storm season.
More destructive waves.
Globally.
More flooding. 
More intense rain.
This spreads bacteria to places where it’s never been.

Question 5

Why is it bad if global warming has this impact on cholera?

Answer 5

Because many places which haven’t ever received the disease dno how to cope.
Water supplies contaminated.
More large scales
Pandemic.

Question 6

How will cholera need to be addressed if climate change increases it?

Answer 6

More education
More work from NGOs
Flooding barriers.
Better sanitation l