The IRC’s prevention efforts in the town of Kigoma in western Tanzania has significantly helped curb the spread of cholera and other diseases among locals and Burundian refugees fleeing from political unrest in their country.
The number of cholera infections in the port town of Kigoma on Lake Tanganyika in western Tanzania has fallen since the epidemic claimed some 30 lives last month among both locals and Burundian refugees fleeing political unrest in their country. But the risk of transmission remains high if proper sanitation and hygiene measures are not in place.