Administrative Details

Source

Grappling with Lukanga Swamps cholera outbreaks: Zambia Daily Mail Limited

Created

2022-06-11 4:47 PM

Updated

2024-02-09 5:38 AM

Notes

Officials attributed the outbreak to low sanitation capacity in Lukanga Swamps. Response activities included a vaccination program (target of 5,000 people in fishing camps) and discussions about beginning the annual fishing ban earlier to avoid fishing in cholera season.

Epidemiologic Details

Suspected Case Def

UNKNOWN

Confirmed Case Def

UNKNOWN

Primary Time Criteria

CLINIC

Observation Properties

Case and death counts could include double-counting of overlapping observations
# of Observations

7

Earliest Observation

2013-01-01

Latest Observation

2016-11-25

Observation Frequency

Other (157)

Deaths

2

Suspected Cases

159

Observation Fields

Standard

Location
TL
TR
Primary
Phantom
deaths
sCh

Observations

Location
TL
TR
deaths
sCh
AFR::ZMB::Central::Kapiri-Mposhi 2013-01-01 2013-12-31 47
AFR::ZMB::Central::Kapiri-Mposhi 2014-01-01 2014-12-31 41
AFR::ZMB::Central 2016-09-11 2016-11-25 36
AFR::ZMB::Central::Kapiri-Mposhi::Waya Health Centre CTC 2016-09-11 2016-11-25 27
AFR::ZMB::Central::Kapiri-Mposhi::Waya Health Centre CTC 2016-09-11 2016-11-25 2
AFR::ZMB::Central::Kapiri-Mposhi::Kapiri-Mposhi Urban 2016-09-11 2016-11-25 5
AFR::ZMB::Central::Kabwe 2016-09-11 2016-11-25 3
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