Rise of cholera in Iraq: A rising concern

Khulud Qamar; Umer Usman Malik; Juvairia Yousuf; Mohammad Yasir Essar; Muhammad Muzzamil; Hashim Talib Hashim; Jaffer Shah

doi:10.1016/j.amsu.2022.104355

Rise of cholera in Iraq: A rising concern

Ann Med Surg (Lond). 2022 Aug 18:81:104355. doi: 10.1016/j.amsu.2022.104355. eCollection 2022 Sep.

Authors

Khulud Qamar¹, Umer Usman Malik¹, Juvairia Yousuf¹, Mohammad Yasir Essar^{2

3}, Muhammad Muzzamil⁴, Hashim Talib Hashim⁵, Jaffer Shah⁶

Affiliations

¹ Dow Medical College, Karachi, Pakistan.
² Afghanistan National Charity Organization for Special Diseases, Kabul, Afghanistan.
³ Kabul University of Medical Sciences, Kabul, Afghanistan.
⁴ Health Services Academy, Islamabad, Pakistan.
⁵ University of Baghdad, College of Medicine, Baghdad, Iraq.
⁶ Drexel University College of Medicine, Philadelphia, United States.

Abstract

With over seven pandemics and four million reported cases, Cholera remains of the most prevalent acute watery diarrheal diseases in the world to date. As in other developing countries, Iraq once again combats Cholera - and its past encounter in 2015, where the death toll reached 1500, highlights the importance of quickly addressing the current outbreak. The war-torn state of the nation, malnourished public, lack of sanitation and hygiene, mass displacement and global warming all contribute to the prevalence of Cholera in Iraq. Along with the current efforts, additional strategies are recommended for managing cholera cases, such as awareness campaigns, monitoring the safety of water bodies, and food inspection.

Keywords: Cholera; Critical care management; Iraq; Prevalence; Public health.