warning 5 events A00-A09 • AFR

Cholera in Rwanda

Cholera has 5 WHO-tracked outbreak events in Rwanda between 1996 and 2025.

Cholera · Rwanda · 5 WHO events across 5 calendar years (1996–2025).

Event log

Year DON ID ICD-10 ICD-11
2025 DON2928 A000 1A00
1999 DON0357 A000 1A00
1998 DON0265, DON0233 A000 1A00
1997 DON0123 A000 1A00
1996 DON0106, DON0112 A000 1A00

Annual cadence

Year Events
2025 1
1999 1
1998 1
1997 1
1996 1

Most active year: 2025 with 1 event.
Quiet years with no events: 25.

Position within the disease

  • Rwanda is rank #14 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 Rwanda’s threats

Cholera is rank #2 of 8 diseases reported by Rwanda to the WHO. The full country profile is at the Rwanda Hub.

Outbreak Events

5

First Reported

1996

Latest Reported

2025

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Country

Rwanda • AFR