Cholera outbreak caused by drinking unprotected well water contaminated with faeces from an open storm water drainage: Kampala City, Uganda, January 2019.

Daniel EurienBernadette Basuta MirembeAngella MusewaEsther KisaakyeBenon KwesigaFrancis OgoleDaniel Okello AyenDaniel KadoberaLilian BulageAlex Riolexus ArioBao-Ping Zhu

Published in: BMC infectious diseases (2021)

Drinking contaminated water from an unprotected well was associated with this cholera outbreak. We recommended emergency chlorination of drinking water, fixing the broken token tap, and closure of Well C.

Keyphrases

drinking water
health risk assessment
health risk
emergency department
public health
heavy metals