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Charles Pensulo in Malawi

Rising cholera infections in Malawi raise fears of another deadly pandemic

Maria Khumbize and her daughter, 6, outside a cholera treatment unit at Namithuthu Health Centre in Nsanje District, sothern Malawi. © Charles Pensulo/RFI

Namithuthu, Nsanje – Two years after Malawi experienced its deadliest ever cholera outbreak, a spate of sporadic infections is once again causing alarm. With 59,000 cases since 2022, Malawi has become the worst-hit country in southern Africa – where climate impacts and poor border controls are helping to fuel transmission of the illness.

At the Nyamithuthu health centre, in Malawi's southern-most district of Nsanje, Maria Khumbize is busy preparing porridge for her three children.

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