WHO warns of growing cholera crisis
Global News Podcast
BBC
4.3 • 8.3K Ratings
🗓️ 29 August 2025
⏱️ 27 minutes
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Summary
The World Health Organization says a resurgence of cholera in a number of African countries is putting more strain on already stretched health services. The WHO says more than 400,000 cases and nearly 5,000 deaths have been recorded worldwide this year, fuelled by conflict, poverty and flooding. Also: President Trump cancels Secret Service protection for the former US Vice-President Kamala Harris, and why more Germans are opting for non-alcoholic beer.
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| 0:00.0 | You're listening to the Global News podcast from the BBC World Service. |
| 0:04.4 | Hello, I'm Oliver Conway. This edition is published in the early hours of Saturday the 30th of August. |
| 0:10.0 | The World Health Organization warns of a resurgence of cholera. President Trump counsel's |
| 0:15.6 | Secret Service protection for the former Vice President Carmelah Harris. And two weeks after |
| 0:20.8 | National Guard troops arrive in Washington, D.C., do residents feel more or less safe? |
| 0:28.4 | Also in the podcast? |
| 0:30.1 | When I started posting online, people started reaching out. |
| 0:32.9 | Once you make dress for somebody and they like it, they tell their friend, they tell others |
| 0:37.0 | that have been able to make over 4,000 prom dresses. Why teenagers are... make dress for somebody and they like it, they tell their friend, they tell others, they've been |
| 0:37.6 | able to make over 4,000 prom dresses. Why teenagers are looking to Africa for their high school |
| 0:43.9 | prom dresses. The World Health Organization has warned of a worsening cholera crisis, with |
| 0:54.1 | outbreaks reported in 31 countries. |
| 0:57.0 | Sudan has been among the hardest hit, but Chad and the Republic of Congo are now also facing an unusual rise in numbers. |
| 1:03.9 | The WHO said that in total this year, there have been more than 400,000 cases and almost 5,000 deaths. |
| 1:11.6 | Dr Jean Kassair is Director General of the Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. |
| 1:16.8 | We need a multisectoral coordination and sustainable financing. |
| 1:21.3 | It's time for Africa to start to invest. |
| 1:23.6 | We also say the second pillar is early detection and rapid response. We need to strengthen the laboratory system. We need to strengthen the surveillance system. The third one is about water and sanitation and hygiene. We need to accelerate the equitable access to safe water and sanitation in hotspot, but also other places where we have displaced people. |
| 1:46.7 | But we are also calling for our partners. |
| 1:49.3 | It's time to stop this cholera. |
| 1:51.4 | It's time to stop people dying from cholera. |
| 1:54.5 | Dr Jean Kasea. |
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