More cholera cases reported

There have been 175 deaths from cholera in Cote d'Ivoire since May from among 3,152 cases recorded by the Ivorian Ministry of Health as at 21 September, the World Health Organization (WHO) says in its latest update on the disease. The ministry, together with Medecins sans Frontieres (MSF) and Epicentre, a France-based organisation, are treating patients and implementing measures to control the disease, WHO said. Guinea, Cote d'Ivoire's neighbour, has also reported cases of the water-borne disease. Conakry, the capital, has recorded 18 cases, two of whom died, while 155 cases, including 12 deaths, were reported between 6 August and 23 September in N'zerekore region, southeast of Conakry. WHO, the International Federation of the Red Cross and Guinea's health ministry are taking measures to combat the disease, such as providing safe water and health education. Cholera has also been detected in Burkina Faso's southern district of Ourgaye - near the border with Togo - where six people have died. The district had 314 reported cases between 14 July and 16 September, WHO said.