South Sudan health officials work to prevent cholera outbreak spread

Following a public alert of increased watery diarrhoea issued by South Sudan's Ministry of health this month, over 200 cases of the disease have been reported in the country so far. According to the World Health Organisation (WHO),Cholera is a type of acute watery diarrhea which kills fewer than 1 percent of sufferers if there is proper treatment with oral rehydration salts. The International Organization for Migration explained that conditions in Juba, where fighting erupted on July 7 betwee… READ MORE : http://www.africanews.com/2016/07/27/south-sudan-health-officials-work-to-prevent-cholera-outbreak-spread Africanews is a new pan-African media pioneering multilingual and independent news telling expertise in Sub-Saharan Africa. Subscribe on ourYoutube channel : https://www.youtube.com/c/africanews Africanews is available in English and French. Website : www.africanews.com Facebook : https://www.facebook.com/africanews.channel/ Twitter : https://twitter.com/africanews