Abstract 5 Preventive Ways to Avoid Cholera Nabilah Hasna Imami; Fatimatuzzahro; Finna Permata Putri
Our public poster is about how to avoid the transmission of cholera. Cholera is an acute diarrhoeal infection caused by ingestion of food or water contaminated with the bacterium Vibrio cholerae. Cholera remains an important public health problem, especially in Southeast Asia Region. Many countries in the Southeast Asia Region face challenges with known risk factors for cholera outbreaks including poverty, lack of development, and high population density. Additionally, the region is susceptible to extreme enviromental factors, such as frequent and widespread flooding, that can contaminate water sources and dislocate populations.. These conditions, especially in Indonesia, are common and need to be reduced. As medical students, informing people about the preventive ways to avoid the transmission of cholera is believed as one of the methods to prevent the number of cholera cases in Indonesia to increase. With five easy steps, which are drinking safe water, washing hands with soap, using latrines or burying feces, cooking food well, and cleaning up safely, the transmission of Vibrio cholerae could be prevented.
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