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U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) Zambia Health Office Director Amy Cunningham, speaks during a ceremony to mark the transfer of $30,000 in aid material from the U.S. to Zambia in support of their response to a cholera outbreak, March 15, 2024 at the Zambia National Public Health Institute (ZNPHI), Lusaka, Zambia. USAID works closely with the Zambian government to strengthen the health system at national, provincial, district, and community levels. According to the ZNPHI, a U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) partner, Zambia began combating a cholera outbreak in October 2023 that has inflicted a cumulative fatality rate of 3.6%. The CDC cites a case fatality rate of less than 1% for cholera when access to “adequate and timely rehydration” is available. The aid material included 33,000 oral rehydration salts packets, 50 drums of combined granules of chlorine, liquid chlorine and oral rehydration salts and more than 3,500 containers of chlorine. The U.S. Department of Defense funded the material through its Overseas Humanitarian, Disaster, and Civic Aid Appropriation, which aims to build capacity in partner nation governments to provide essential humanitarian services to the civilian population and supports efforts to reduce the risk of, prepare for and respond to humanitarian disasters. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Maj. Casey Nelsen)
| Date Taken: | 03.15.2024 |
| Date Posted: | 03.19.2024 13:29 |
| Photo ID: | 8296124 |
| VIRIN: | 240315-A-IL422-1140 |
| Resolution: | 3728x4966 |
| Size: | 8.87 MB |
| Location: | LUSAKA, ZM |
| Web Views: | 24 |
| Downloads: | 1 |
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