Open AccessCan cholera ‘hotspots’ be converted to cholera ‘coldspots’ in cholera endemic countries? The Matlab, Bangladesh experience
Author(s) -
Khalequ Zaman,
Deok Ryun Kim,
Mohammad Ali,
Faisal Ahmmed,
Justin Im,
Md Taufiqul Islam,
Ashraful Islam Khan,
Mohammad Yunus,
Md Alfazal Khan,
Florian Marks,
Firdausi Qadri,
Jérôme H. Kim,
John D Clemens
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
international journal of infectious diseases
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.278
H-Index - 89
eISSN - 1878-3511
pISSN - 1201-9712
DOI - 10.1016/j.ijid.2020.02.055
Subject(s) - cholera , latrine , sanitation , environmental health , population , socioeconomic status , cholera vaccine , public health , geography , medicine , incidence (geometry) , open defecation , socioeconomics , biology , virology , pathology , vibrio cholerae , physics , sociology , bacteria , optics , genetics
Cholera remains a major public health threat in low- and middle-income countries. The World Health Organization (WHO) has recently launched a global initiative to end preventable cholera by 2030. Key to the success of this initiative will be the elimination of cholera transmission in cholera 'hotspots' with regularly recurrent disease; this can be achieved via improved surveillance to define hotspot populations, through the use of oral cholera vaccines, and through the implementation of improved water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH).
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