Cote d’Ivoire: Cholera in Côte d’Ivoire – At a Bustling Waterside Hub, Red Cross Takes On Cholera

Working in the heart of an outbreak, Red Cross volunteers bring lifesaving information, sanitation supplies, elbow grease and courage to the task of preventing further illness and death. ‘Every boat or motorcycle taxi we clean is one less opportunity for the disease to spread.’

When seven people died within just a few days in Vridi Ako in Côte d’Ivoire in May 2025, no one suspected cholera.

Many believed the deaths were the result of a curse or fetishistic practices, beliefs that are still…