The cholera outbreak in Zambia has escalated right into a public well being emergency, infecting greater than 21,100 individuals and inflicting 705 deaths. The outbreak, which was first reported in Lusaka in October 2023, is now afflicting all ten provinces within the nation, with the potential to have an effect on the whole southern Africa area.

To evaluate public consciousness and concern concerning the cholera outbreak, GeoPoll carried out a nationwide survey in Zambia utilizing its proprietary Pc Assisted Phone Interviewing (CATI) software. The distant cellular phone-based survey addressed various subjects associated to the outbreak, together with:

• Entry to water for ingesting, cooking, and hygiene
• Entry to sanitation
• Consciousness of the cholera outbreak in Zambia
• Understanding of the causes, dangers, and signs of cholera
• Family cholera expertise and concern
• Entry to cholera remedy
• Evaluation of the federal government’s response to the outbreak

Findings from the survey present that for greater than a 3rd of respondents (35%), there was a time up to now month when their family didn’t have adequate portions of ingesting water when wanted. All respondents declare to pay attention to the present cholera outbreak, and most perceive the causes, signs and the place to go to hunt remedy. Though solely 2% of respondents report that anybody of their family has ever suffered from cholera, 36% imagine they’re vulnerable to contracting cholera, and 70% are very involved about getting cholera. This illustrates respondents’ understanding of the severity of the illness.

Click on beneath to obtain GeoPoll’s full written report on the cholera outbreak in Zambia or scroll all the way down to view the survey knowledge within the interactive dashboard.

Interactive Information Dashboard

Dive deeper into GeoPoll’s knowledge on the cholera outbreak in Zambia utilizing the interactive dashboard beneath. The dashboard supplies responses to every query within the survey, filterable by gender, age group, and province.

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This examine was carried out by GeoPoll utilizing our personal cellular analysis platform and intensive respondent database. The questionnaire was designed by GeoPoll researchers and carried out by way of GeoPoll’s Pc-Assisted Phone Interviewing (CATI) software. Information assortment occurred from February 22 to March 2, 2024. The survey was provided in English, Bemba, and Nyanja, and carried out from the GeoPoll name middle in Lusaka, Zambia.

The various pattern for the examine of 400 respondents features a gender composition of fifty% feminine and 50% male, and an age breakdown of 25% ages 18-24, 29% ages 25-34, 32% ages 35-50, and 15% ages 51 and over. All 10 provinces (ADM1) in Zambia are equally represented.

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