2. Symptoms
Treatment
Statistics
Prevention
History Causes
3. Diarrhea
Stomach pains
Leg cramps
Mild fever
Vomiting
It takes a few hours to five days for symptoms
to develop.
It takes seven to fourteen days for symptoms to
go away.
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4. Started in Ganges Delta, India.
Often has risen to epidemic proportions in Sub-
Saharan Africa and South Asia, Particularly
Bangladesh in the last two-hundred years.
In the 19th century cholera has spread across
the world.
Cholera is an epidemic in many countries
today including Haiti.
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5. Cholera is rare in the U.S.
3-5 million cases have been reported per year.
In 2003, 111,575 cases of cholera were found
from forty-five different countries.
Over 100,000 deaths per year from cholera.
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6. Cholera is usually passed through food and
water that has been contaminated by feces.
People who live in areas with poor sanitation
have an increase risk of getting cholera.
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7. There is a vaccine to prevent cholera.
Cook Food Well
Boil
Avoid raw food other than fruits and veggies
Clean food preparation
Wash your hands often with soap and water
Before eating or preparing food
After using the restroom
Drink and use safe water
Bottle water
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8. Can be treated with oral rehydration solution
which is sugar, salt, and water.
Imminent replacement of fluids and salt.
Antibiotics, such as Tetracycline, can be used to
shorten the duration of diarrhea.
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9. “2010 Haiti Cholera Outbreak.” cdc.gov. November
4th 2010. 3rd January, 2011.
http://www.cdc.gov/haiticholera/preventionand
control.htm
“Cholera.” Encyclopedia Britannica. N.d. 5th
January, 2011.
“Cholera.” World health Organization, June, 2010. 3rd
January, 2011.
http://www.who.int/mediacentre/factsheets/fs1
07/en/
