Publications by authors named "Francis Ongole"
Despite ongoing containment and vaccination efforts, cholera remains prevalent in many countries in sub-Saharan Africa. Part of the difficulty in containing cholera comes from our lack of understanding of how it circulates throughout the region. To better characterize regional transmission, we generated and analyzed 118 genomes collected between 2007-2019 from five different countries in Southern and Eastern Africa.
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- In 2017, the Global Task Force for Cholera Control aimed to eliminate cholera in at least 20 countries and reduce deaths from the disease by 90% by 2030, with a focus on using oral cholera vaccines (OCV).
- A monitoring tool was developed to track Uganda's cholera situation from 2015 to 2021, identifying districts as "eliminated" if cholera was absent for four years.
- By 2021, the number of districts reporting cholera decreased from 36 to 18, with four districts showing relapse, highlighting the effectiveness of the monitoring tool and the need for targeted resources to maintain cholera elimination efforts.