The cost of responding to a waterborne cholera outbreak in a village in Uganda compared to a simple hypothetical intervention

摘要

Purpose: In September 2015, a cholera outbreak occurred in a village in Hoima district, Uganda. The Ministry of Health assembled a rapid response team, with support byCDC, UNICEF and WHO, to investigate the outbreak, establish the Kaiso Cholera Treatment Center (KCTC), and implement control measures. The team identified 120 cholera cases (with 5 deaths) and determined that drinking contaminated water from the lakeshore caused this outbreak.