Cholera in Somalia

Cholera · Somalia · 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, DON2755	A000	1A00
2018	DON2408	A000	1A00
2000	DON0393, DON0457	A000	1A00
1998	DON0278, DON0262	A000	1A00
1997	DON0159, DON0156, DON0148	A000	1A00
1996	DON0019	A000	1A00

Annual cadence

Year	Events
2025	1
2023	1
2022	1
2018	1
2000	1
1998	1
1997	1
1996	1

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

Position within the disease

• Somalia is rank #3 of 79 for this disease.
• The country sits in the WHO EMR region.
• Last reported event: 2025 (1 year ago).

Regional peers (EMR)

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

Country	Events
Afghanistan	8
Somalia ←	8
Iraq	6
Pakistan	4
Sudan	3
Syrian Arab Republic	2
Lebanon	2
Yemen	2

How this disease ranks among Somalia’s threats

Cholera is rank #1 of 10 diseases reported by Somalia to the WHO. The full country profile is at the Somalia Hub.