Highlights
The cholera outbreak which was confirmed in Nsanje on 11th February 2015 appears to be reaching the tail end with no new cholera cases being reported during the week of 15-21 June.
Cumulatively, a total of 693 cases with 11 deaths have been registered in 8 districts representing a case fatality rate of 1.6%.
Blantyre district has not registered any new case for one week; Chikwawa has not registered any new case for a period of two weeks; and in Nsanje no new case has been reported for 6 weeks.
Nsanje, Chikwawa and Blantyre, accounting for 96 % of all reported cases, are the districts that have been worst affected in this cholera outbreak having registered a total of 664 cases.
UNICEF through partners such as Concern Universal, Population Services International, Goal Malawi, Catholic Relief Services, Face to Face, Malawi Red Cross, and EXP Momentum have been supporting Interpersonal Communication/social mobilization in flood and cholera affected districts reaching a cumulative number of 391,478 people.
UNICEF wishes to express its deepest gratitude to the implementing and donor partners for the contributions that have so far enabled the cholera response.