title: Notes from the Field: Chlorination Strategies for Drinking Water During a Cholera Epidemic - Tanzania, 2016.
abstract: Since August 2015, the Ministry of Health, Community Development, Gender, Elderly and Children (MoHCDGEC) of Tanzania has been leading the response to a widespread cholera outbreak. As of June 9, 2016, cholera had affected 23 of 25 regions in Tanzania, with 21,750 cumulative cases and 341 deaths reported (Ally Nyanga, MoHCDGEC Emergency Operations Center, personal communication, June 2016). Approximately one fourth of all cases occurred in the Dar es Salaam region on the east coast. Regions surrounding Lake Victoria, in the north, also reported high case counts, including Mwanza with 9% (Ally Nyanga, MoHCDGEC Emergency Operations Center, personal communication, June 2016). Since the start of the outbreak, MoHCDGEC and the Ministry of Water (MOW) have collaborated with the Tanzania Red Cross Society, United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF), World Health Organization (WHO), and CDC to enhance the water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) response to prevent the further spread of cholera.
authors.forename: Alice
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Colleen
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Hardy
authors.forename: Anangu
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Rajasingham
authors.forename: Andrea
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Martinsen
authors.forename: Lindsay
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authors.lastname: Templin
authors.forename: Stanislaus
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kamwaga
authors.forename: Kiwe
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Sebunya
authors.forename: Brenda
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authors.lastname: Jhuthi
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Habtu
authors.forename: Stephen
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kiberiti
authors.forename: Khalid
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Massa
authors.forename: Rob
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Quick
authors.forename: Jane
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Mulungu
authors.forename: Rachel
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Eidex
authors.forename: Thomas
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Handzel
mesh_terms: D002771:Cholera / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D060766:Drinking Water / Q000737:chemistry*; D058872:Epidemics / Q000517:prevention & control*; D054879:Halogenation; D006801:Humans; D013636:Tanzania / Q000453:epidemiology
chemical_list: D060766:Drinking Water