PRO/EDR> Cholera, diarrhea & dysentery update (29): Iraq, WHO

Cholera — Iraq
WHO has received notification from the National IHR Focal Point of Iraq of additional laboratory-confirmed cases of cholera. As of 8 Oct 2015, a total of 1263 laboratory-confirmed cases of _Vibrio cholera_ O1 Inaba were reported. These cases were reported from at least 15 governorates of the country. These are Babylon (469 cases), Baghdad (304 cases), Qadisiyyah (146 cases), Muthanna (155 cases), Basra (61 cases), Wassit (41 cases), Karbala (33 case), Najaf (32 cases), Thi-qar (6 cases),