Khan Hira Anas, Masood Waniyah, Siddiqui Amna, Ahmad Shkaib, Salman Yumna, Essar Mohammad Yasir
Faculty of Medicine, Dow Medical College, Dow University of Health Sciences, Pakistan.
Karachi Medical and Dental College, Karachi City, Pakistan.
Ann Med Surg (Lond). 2022 Jun;78:103873. doi: 10.1016/j.amsu.2022.103873. Epub 2022 May 31.
Sindh Health Authorities have declared a new outbreak of cholera in Karachi, Pakistan after 129 lab-confirmed cases were reported from the Central, East, and South districts. With COVID-19 already having wreaked havoc on the country's health condition in the past years, any neglect in early preventative measures against this cholera outbreak implies progression to a perilous situation with millions of individuals at stake of acquiring the disease. Factors contributing to the occurrence of cholera outbreak include poor hygiene practices, overpopulation, increasing poverty and climate change. Appropriate responsive approaches by health authorities in cooperation with the World Health Organization (WHO) must be implemented to address the situation accordingly.
在巴基斯坦卡拉奇,信德省卫生当局宣布出现新的霍乱疫情,此前中部、东部和南部地区报告了129例实验室确诊病例。在过去几年里,新冠疫情已经对该国的健康状况造成了严重破坏,因此对此次霍乱疫情早期预防措施的任何疏忽都意味着情况将发展到危险的地步,数百万人面临感染该疾病的风险。霍乱疫情爆发的因素包括卫生习惯差、人口过剩、贫困加剧和气候变化。卫生当局必须与世界卫生组织(WHO)合作,采取适当的应对措施来应对这一情况。