黎巴嫩霍乱：在基础设施薄弱的持续流行中出现新的流行病

IF 4.7 3区医学 Q1 INFECTIOUS DISEASES

Journal of Infection and Public Health Pub Date : 2025-03-11 DOI:10.1016/j.jiph.2025.102745

Nada M. Melhem , Mirna Bou Hamdan

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2022年10月6日，世界卫生组织宣布黎巴嫩爆发霍乱疫情，这是1993年以来的首次霍乱疫情。这次审查的目的是促进黎巴嫩霍乱流行的演变及其潜在的危险因素。在疫情早期，大多数确诊病例报告发生在生活条件欠佳的流离失所的叙利亚难民中；然而，在前一种情况发生三周后，霍乱在全国蔓延。水处理投资的减少、水处理厂缺乏电力供应以及医疗保健和经济基础设施的崩溃加剧了这种蔓延。迫切需要解决结构性根本原因，以减轻霍乱和其他传染病在脆弱人群中再次出现，从而威胁到国家和区域卫生安全。

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Cholera in Lebanon: A new epidemic in an on-going endemic of weak infrastructure

On October 6, 2022, the WHO declared the start of a cholera outbreak in Lebanon, the first cholera outbreak since 1993. The aim of this review is to advance the evolution of the cholera epidemic in Lebanon and its underlying risk factors. Early during the outbreak, the majority of confirmed cases were reported among displaced Syrian refugees living in suboptimal conditions; however, three weeks following the former, cholera spread nationwide. This spread was exacerbated by the decline in water treatment investments, lack of electric supply in water treatment plants and collapsing healthcare and economic infrastructures. Addressing the structural root causes is urgently needed in order to mitigate the re-emergence of cholera and other infectious diseases spreading among vulnerable populations and thus threatening national and regional health security.

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Journal of Infection and Public Health PUBLIC, ENVIRONMENTAL & OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH -INFECTIOUS DISEASES

CiteScore

13.10

自引率

1.50%

发文量

203

审稿时长

96 days

期刊介绍： The Journal of Infection and Public Health, first official journal of the Saudi Arabian Ministry of National Guard Health Affairs, King Saud Bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences and the Saudi Association for Public Health, aims to be the foremost scientific, peer-reviewed journal encompassing infection prevention and control, microbiology, infectious diseases, public health and the application of healthcare epidemiology to the evaluation of health outcomes. The point of view of the journal is that infection and public health are closely intertwined and that advances in one area will have positive consequences on the other. The journal will be useful to all health professionals who are partners in the management of patients with communicable diseases, keeping them up to date. The journal is proud to have an international and diverse editorial board that will assist and facilitate the publication of articles that reflect a global view on infection control and public health, as well as emphasizing our focus on supporting the needs of public health practitioners. It is our aim to improve healthcare by reducing risk of infection and related adverse outcomes by critical review, selection, and dissemination of new and relevant information in the field of infection control, public health and infectious diseases in all healthcare settings and the community.