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Computer predictions 'control' cholera

Pallab Ghosh

August 27, 2018 |

BBC |

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Response Location: Yemen

Cholera cases are dramatically reduced in areas that use the technology to predict where cholera cases are most likely to occur by monitoring rainfall. Health workers use this information to head off the disease and arrive first with sanitation supplies and education about prevention. In 2017 there were 50,000 cases in a week, this year there are only 2,500.

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