epa10283699 Health workers attend to suspected cholera patients at a field hospital in the village of Bebnine, Akkar district, northern Lebanon, 03 November 2022. Lebanon has reported over 1,400 cases of cholera since 05 October, including 381 laboratory-confirmed cases and 17 deaths, particularly concentrated in the northern rural area of Akkar. Cholera is an acute diarrhoeal infection that is typically spread through water and food contaminated by fecal matter due to poor wastewater management and poor hygiene practices. EPA/WAEL HAMZEH
