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Cholera no more: How Kikuube’s landing sites won health battle

Cholera, a life-threatening diarrhoeal disease caused by Vibrio cholerae, spreads rapidly in areas lacking access to safe water and proper sanitation. 

Kyangwali was once among the hardest-hit areas, with the highest number of cholera cases and deaths reported between 2016 and 2019.
By: Hope Mafaranga, Journalists @New Vision


KIKUUBE - In the past, whenever dark clouds gathered over Kikuube’s landing sites, fear gripped the communities. 

Rain meant floods, and floods always brought with them cholera outbreaks, an

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