Recognizing, Ending, and Preventing Cholera Outbreak
Cholera is a bacterial, diarrheal disease particularly rampant in developing countries where water sanitation is lacking. The focus of this paper is primarily on cholera’s outbreak history and disastrous effects on populations. This paper also discusses varying solutions that have been implemented in numerous countries with a focus on vaccine use in Haiti, one of the poorest countries in the world with a turbulent history, versus long-term water safety solutions in Guinea, Conakry, a West-African country ravaged by poverty, disease, and corruption. The main purpose is to compare and contrast the efficacy (including the commendable and deplorable aspects) of different methods as well as the …show more content…
Ryan describes that there are “two major biotypes” of cholera including the “classical” and the “El Tor” (Ryan). El Tor, the newer biotype, can be asymptomatic. Therefore, infected individuals continue to be a part of society and consequently make others more susceptible. Further, the birth of new variants means that individuals that were once immune are still at some risk (Ryan). Thankfully, cholera is not a mystifying disease; the reasons for it are overt. However, as time has clearly shown, the longer it is allowed an environment in which to develop, the more likely cholera will manifest itself into an unfathomable, incorrigible public health …show more content…
As history has demonstrated, whether the world chooses to recognize or continue to neglect cholera, the disease will occasionally erupt into outbreaks. Although the outbreak in Haiti and other countries worldwide decreased in mortality and morbidity, people are still contracting and dying of cholera. Developed countries such as the U.S. that once dealt with water-borne diseases like cholera, now boast populations with life-expectancies in the early eighties. The world is currently on a commendable path in its fight to eliminate cholera outbreaks. But, in order to successfully bring clean water and, consequently, better health, to the developing world, organizations must consider easy, sustainable methods individually tailored to every specific area, rather than provide a blanket solution. Otherwise, instead of solving, the issue is simply being bandaged. The world must come to the realization that, as eloquently decreed by Glass and Black, strategies in the battle against cholera should include a combination of: “the provision of good, safe drinking water, proper disposal of human waste, education and attention to personal hygiene, the quarantine of goods and travelers from infected countries, and vaccination”
Cholera is a bacterial, diarrheal disease particularly rampant in developing countries where water sanitation is lacking. The focus of this paper is primarily on cholera’s outbreak history and disastrous effects on populations. This paper also discusses varying solutions that have been implemented in numerous countries with a focus on vaccine use in Haiti, one of the poorest countries in the world with a turbulent history, versus long-term water safety solutions in Guinea, Conakry, a West-African country ravaged by poverty, disease, and corruption. The main purpose is to compare and contrast the efficacy (including the commendable and deplorable aspects) of different methods as well as the …show more content…
Ryan describes that there are “two major biotypes” of cholera including the “classical” and the “El Tor” (Ryan). El Tor, the newer biotype, can be asymptomatic. Therefore, infected individuals continue to be a part of society and consequently make others more susceptible. Further, the birth of new variants means that individuals that were once immune are still at some risk (Ryan). Thankfully, cholera is not a mystifying disease; the reasons for it are overt. However, as time has clearly shown, the longer it is allowed an environment in which to develop, the more likely cholera will manifest itself into an unfathomable, incorrigible public health …show more content…
As history has demonstrated, whether the world chooses to recognize or continue to neglect cholera, the disease will occasionally erupt into outbreaks. Although the outbreak in Haiti and other countries worldwide decreased in mortality and morbidity, people are still contracting and dying of cholera. Developed countries such as the U.S. that once dealt with water-borne diseases like cholera, now boast populations with life-expectancies in the early eighties. The world is currently on a commendable path in its fight to eliminate cholera outbreaks. But, in order to successfully bring clean water and, consequently, better health, to the developing world, organizations must consider easy, sustainable methods individually tailored to every specific area, rather than provide a blanket solution. Otherwise, instead of solving, the issue is simply being bandaged. The world must come to the realization that, as eloquently decreed by Glass and Black, strategies in the battle against cholera should include a combination of: “the provision of good, safe drinking water, proper disposal of human waste, education and attention to personal hygiene, the quarantine of goods and travelers from infected countries, and vaccination”