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Firass Abiad1, Abdinasir Abubakar2, Nadeen Hilal1
1Ministry of Public Health, Beirut, Lebanon.
Abstract:
On 6 October 2022, the first cholera outbreak in 3 decades was reported in Lebanon by the Ministry of Public Health. The outbreak spread across all 8 governorates (23 of 26 districts). From October 2022 to June 2023, 8072 cases (including 671 laboratory-confirmed cases) and 23 deaths were reported, resulting in a case fatality ratio of 0.28%. The outbreak was successfully contained through the implementation of coordinated multisectoral prevention and control strategies, supported by national and international stakeholders. The cholera vaccine campaign with a 1-dose strategy was started in November 2022. The proportion of vaccinated people among the target population evolved from 4.8% in November 2022 to 30.6% in December 2022, 34.2% in January 2023, and 45.3% in February 2023. This article describes the epidemiology of the cholera outbreak in Lebanon and summarizes the outbreak response in the context of a humanitarian emergency.
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