warning 3 events A00-A09 • AFR

Cholera in Uganda

Cholera has 3 WHO-tracked outbreak events in Uganda between 1998 and 2025.

Cholera · Uganda · 3 WHO events across 3 calendar years (1998–2025).

Event log

Year DON ID ICD-10 ICD-11
2025 DON2928 A000 1A00
1999 DON0292 A000 1A00
1998 DON0240, DON0224, DON0256 A000 1A00

Annual cadence

Year Events
2025 1
1999 1
1998 1

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

Position within the disease

  • Uganda is rank #28 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 Uganda’s threats

Cholera is rank #5 of 13 diseases reported by Uganda to the WHO. The full country profile is at the Uganda Hub.

Outbreak Events

3

First Reported

1998

Latest Reported

2025

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Country

Uganda • AFR