[Music] over 100 000 people die from cholera each year and yet with treatment at least 99 would survive so what is cholera and why are people still dying from it if it can be treated cholera is an acute diarrheal infection that is caused by ingesting dirty water or food contaminated by a nasty bacterium called vibrio choleria between 12 hours and 5 days after ingesting the contaminated food or water the symptoms kick in for most people maybe up to 4 million a year the diarrhea is mild and treatable clean water and rehydration sachets do the trick to make sure the patient stays hydrated it's a simple and low cost treatment more severe cases might need antibiotics and intravenous fluids to keep control of the dehydration however if left untreated diarrhea resulting in severe dehydration leads to the death of a hundred thousand people each year okay so if dirty water is the problem let's make sure everyone has access to safe clean water yes absolutely that's the dream access to clean water proper sanitation and cholera vaccines are straightforward prevention techniques for cholera however more than 2 billion people drink water from sources that are contaminated with feces and 2.4 billion people don't have basic sanitation facilities colorado was first recorded in 1563 in india and with many outbreaks since then we've been contending with cholera for hundreds of years and due to poor sanitation limited public health funding and failures conflict on natural disasters cholera continues to live on globally today but the good news is that the world health organization in partnership with other international agencies and academic institutions have set a 2030 target to reduce the deaths from cholera by 90 with it being completely eliminated in 20 countries the program is called the global task force on cholera control gtfcc [Music] so how are they planning on doing this as well as improving access to clean water and sanitation the plan is also to educate people about hygiene and healthy behavior and to offer a vaccination program this obviously becomes a cost the world bank is an incredible global organization with 189 member countries that works towards reducing poverty and building prosperity in developing countries they're providing the gtfcc with the funds to try to reduce cholera by 90 by 2030 so there we have cholera an easy and cheaply treatable bacterial infection that causes acute diarrhea clean water adequate sanitation and good hygiene are simple solutions to prevent cholera let's hope by 2030 we don't have to learn about cholera anymore because it would have been eradicated if you liked the video give it a thumbs up and don't forget to subscribe comment below if you have any questions why not check out our fusco app as well until next time