warning 8 events A00-A09 • AFR

Cholera in Burundi

Cholera has 8 WHO-tracked outbreak events in Burundi between 1996 and 2025.

Cholera · Burundi · 8 WHO events across 8 calendar years (1996–2025).

Event log

Year DON ID ICD-10 ICD-11
2025 DON2928 A000 1A00
2023 DON2796 A000 1A00
2022 DON2784 A000 1A00
2004 DON0845 A000 1A00
2002 DON0614, DON0620 A000 1A00
1999 DON0335 A000 1A00
1997 DON0122, DON0119 A000 1A00
1996 DON0006 A000 1A00

Annual cadence

Year Events
2025 1
2023 1
2022 1
2004 1
2002 1
1999 1
1997 1
1996 1

Most active year: 2025 with 1 event.
Quiet years with no events: 22.

Position within the disease

  • Burundi is rank #4 of 79 for this disease.
  • The country sits in the WHO AFR region.
  • Last reported event: 2025 (1 year ago).

Regional peers (AFR)

37 countries in this region report this disease. Median event count: 3.

Country Events
Congo Democratic Republic of the 11
Burundi 8
Tanzania United Republic of 8
Zimbabwe 7
Mozambique 7
Nigeria 6
Kenya 6
Cameroon 6

How this disease ranks among Burundi’s threats

Cholera is rank #1 of 8 diseases reported by Burundi to the WHO. The full country profile is at the Burundi Hub.

Outbreak Events

8

First Reported

1996

Latest Reported

2025

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Country

Burundi • AFR