Health emergencies are on the rise in Africa, according to the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention. Last year, there were 213 public health outbreaks that the pan-African public health agency was monitoring, which is up from 166 in 2023.
The leading killer was cholera, with more than 3,700 reported deaths, followed by measles, which reportedly claimed about 3,200 lives.
When looking at suspected cases, measles led and cholera followed with more than 234,300 and 204,100 suspected cases, respectively.