warning 6 events A00-A09 • AFR

Cholera in Kenya

Cholera has 6 WHO-tracked outbreak events in Kenya between 1997 and 2025.

Cholera · Kenya · 6 WHO events across 6 calendar years (1997–2025).

Event log

Year DON ID ICD-10 ICD-11
2025 DON2928 A000 1A00
2023 DON2796 A000 1A00
2022 DON2784 A000 1A00
2017 DON2380, DON2350 A000 1A00
1999 DON0285, DON0292 A000 1A00
1997 DON0183, DON0177 A000 1A00

Annual cadence

Year Events
2025 1
2023 1
2022 1
2017 1
1999 1
1997 1

Most active year: 2025 with 1 event.
Quiet years with no events: 23.

Position within the disease

  • Kenya is rank #12 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 Kenya’s threats

Cholera is rank #1 of 12 diseases reported by Kenya to the WHO. The full country profile is at the Kenya Hub.

Outbreak Events

6

First Reported

1997

Latest Reported

2025

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Country

Kenya • AFR