Despite lowering rates in surrounding countries, cholera rates were reported in November 2012 to be on the rise, with 1,500 cases reported and nine deaths. A 2008 cholera epidemic in Guinea-Bissau affected 14,222 people and killed 225.
What type of disease was reported to be on the rise in Guinea-Bissau? How many died from cholera in a November 2012 report? How many died from cholera in a 2008 epidemic? Where are there reported cholera rates that are lowering? How many people were affected by the 2008 cholera epidemic?