![Brian Ongoro FILE - Floodwaters are visible in Ombaka Village, Kisumu, Kenya, April 17, 2024. Extreme weather events have hit parts of Africa relentlessly in the last three years, with tropical storms, floods and drought causing crises of hunger and displacement. They leave another deadly threat behind them: some of the continent's worst outbreaks of cholera. In southern and East Africa, more than 6,000 people have died and nearly 350,000 cases have been reported since a series of cholera outbreaks began in late 2021. (AP Photo/Brian Ongoro, File)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/adf8037d71d0471586ce62892ec50f98/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x)
FILE - Floodwaters are visible in Ombaka Village, Kisumu, Kenya, April 17, 2024. Extreme weather events have hit parts of Africa relentlessly in the last three years, with tropical storms, floods and drought causing crises of hunger and displacement. They leave another deadly threat behind them: some of the continent's worst outbreaks of cholera. In southern and East Africa, more than 6,000 people have died and nearly 350,000 cases have been reported since a series of cholera outbreaks began in late 2021. (AP Photo/Brian Ongoro, File)
![Tsvangirayi Mukwazhi A picture of Mildred Bandas daughter, survivor of a cholera outbreak, is seen inside their family home in Lilanda, Zambia, Saturday, March 9, 2024. Lilanda, an impoverished township on the edge of the Zambian capital of Lusaka, is a typical cholera hotspot. Stagnant pools of water dot the dirt roads. Clean water is gold dust. Extreme weather events have hit parts of Africa relentlessly in the last three years, with tropical storms, floods and drought causing crises of famine and displacement, and leaving another deadly threat in their aftermath: some of the continent's worst outbreaks of cholera. (AP Photo/Tsvangirayi Mukwazhi)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/a1cdce80639944ae8a7de9cfeba6de71/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x)
A picture of Mildred Bandas daughter, survivor of a cholera outbreak, is seen inside their family home in Lilanda, Zambia, Saturday, March 9, 2024. Lilanda, an impoverished township on the edge of the Zambian capital of Lusaka, is a typical cholera hotspot. Stagnant pools of water dot the dirt roads. Clean water is gold dust. Extreme weather events have hit parts of Africa relentlessly in the last three years, with tropical storms, floods and drought causing crises of famine and displacement, and leaving another deadly threat in their aftermath: some of the continent's worst outbreaks of cholera. (AP Photo/Tsvangirayi Mukwazhi)
![Tsvangirayi Mukwazhi Hospital beds stand empty in a ward dedicated to Cholera patients at a government hospital in Lusaka, Zambia, Saturday, March 9, 2024. Lilanda, an impoverished township on the edge of the Zambian capital of Lusaka, is a typical cholera hotspot. Stagnant pools of water dot the dirt roads. Clean water is gold dust. Extreme weather events have hit parts of Africa relentlessly in the last three years, with tropical storms, floods and drought causing crises of famine and displacement, and leaving another deadly threat in their aftermath: some of the continent's worst outbreaks of cholera. (AP Photo/Tsvangirayi Mukwazhi)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/31ef67c952eb47e59237bcb6ce17852b/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x)
Hospital beds stand empty in a ward dedicated to Cholera patients at a government hospital in Lusaka, Zambia, Saturday, March 9, 2024. Lilanda, an impoverished township on the edge of the Zambian capital of Lusaka, is a typical cholera hotspot. Stagnant pools of water dot the dirt roads. Clean water is gold dust. Extreme weather events have hit parts of Africa relentlessly in the last three years, with tropical storms, floods and drought causing crises of famine and displacement, and leaving another deadly threat in their aftermath: some of the continent's worst outbreaks of cholera. (AP Photo/Tsvangirayi Mukwazhi)
![Tsvangirayi Mukwazhi Children fetch water using a wheelbarrow in Lilanda township in Lusaka, Zambia, Saturday March 9, 2024. Lilanda, an impoverished township on the edge of the Zambian capital of Lusaka, is a typical cholera hotspot. Stagnant pools of water dot the dirt roads. Clean water is gold dust. Extreme weather events have hit parts of Africa relentlessly in the last three years, with tropical storms, floods and drought causing crises of famine and displacement, and leaving another deadly threat in their aftermath: some of the continent's worst outbreaks of cholera. (AP Photo/Tsvangirayi Mukwazhi)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/6107735306074413aeb08af48c0b39e0/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x)
Children fetch water using a wheelbarrow in Lilanda township in Lusaka, Zambia, Saturday March 9, 2024. Lilanda, an impoverished township on the edge of the Zambian capital of Lusaka, is a typical cholera hotspot. Stagnant pools of water dot the dirt roads. Clean water is gold dust. Extreme weather events have hit parts of Africa relentlessly in the last three years, with tropical storms, floods and drought causing crises of famine and displacement, and leaving another deadly threat in their aftermath: some of the continent's worst outbreaks of cholera. (AP Photo/Tsvangirayi Mukwazhi)
![Tsvangirayi Mukwazhi A young girl fetches water from a well in Lilanda township in Lusaka, Zambia, Saturday March 9, 2024. Lilanda, an impoverished township on the edge of the Zambian capital of Lusaka, is a typical cholera hotspot. Stagnant pools of water dot the dirt roads. Clean water is gold dust. Extreme weather events have hit parts of Africa relentlessly in the last three years, with tropical storms, floods and drought causing crises of famine and displacement, and leaving another deadly threat in their aftermath: some of the continent's worst outbreaks of cholera. (AP Photo/Tsvangirayi Mukwazhi)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/631d519e1b9a490bb6d7cf7b7810d07a/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x)
A young girl fetches water from a well in Lilanda township in Lusaka, Zambia, Saturday March 9, 2024. Lilanda, an impoverished township on the edge of the Zambian capital of Lusaka, is a typical cholera hotspot. Stagnant pools of water dot the dirt roads. Clean water is gold dust. Extreme weather events have hit parts of Africa relentlessly in the last three years, with tropical storms, floods and drought causing crises of famine and displacement, and leaving another deadly threat in their aftermath: some of the continent's worst outbreaks of cholera. (AP Photo/Tsvangirayi Mukwazhi)
![Tsvangirayi Mukwazhi Mildred Banda holds a phone showing a picture of her one-year-old son who died of Cholera in Lilanda township in Lusaka, Zambia, Saturday, March, 9, 2024. Lilanda, an impoverished township on the edge of the Zambian capital of Lusaka, is a typical cholera hotspot. Stagnant pools of water dot the dirt roads. Clean water is gold dust. Extreme weather events have hit parts of Africa relentlessly in the last three years, with tropical storms, floods and drought causing crises of famine and displacement, and leaving another deadly threat in their aftermath: some of the continent's worst outbreaks of cholera. (AP Photo/Tsvangirayi Mukwazhi)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/10c9cc795e034ab8821ae58eb78bc61e/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x)
Mildred Banda holds a phone showing a picture of her one-year-old son who died of Cholera in Lilanda township in Lusaka, Zambia, Saturday, March, 9, 2024. Lilanda, an impoverished township on the edge of the Zambian capital of Lusaka, is a typical cholera hotspot. Stagnant pools of water dot the dirt roads. Clean water is gold dust. Extreme weather events have hit parts of Africa relentlessly in the last three years, with tropical storms, floods and drought causing crises of famine and displacement, and leaving another deadly threat in their aftermath: some of the continent's worst outbreaks of cholera. (AP Photo/Tsvangirayi Mukwazhi)
![Patrick Ngugi FILE - A family uses a boat after fleeing floodwaters that wreaked havoc in the Githurai area of Nairobi, Kenya, April 24, 2024. Extreme weather events have hit parts of Africa relentlessly in the last three years, with tropical storms, floods and drought causing crises of hunger and displacement. They leave another deadly threat behind them: some of the continent's worst outbreaks of cholera. In southern and East Africa, more than 6,000 people have died and nearly 350,000 cases have been reported since a series of cholera outbreaks began in late 2021. (AP Photo/Patrick Ngugi, File)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/d39cd239523545488b86fc6c3ce459bb/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x)
FILE - A family uses a boat after fleeing floodwaters that wreaked havoc in the Githurai area of Nairobi, Kenya, April 24, 2024. Extreme weather events have hit parts of Africa relentlessly in the last three years, with tropical storms, floods and drought causing crises of hunger and displacement. They leave another deadly threat behind them: some of the continent's worst outbreaks of cholera. In southern and East Africa, more than 6,000 people have died and nearly 350,000 cases have been reported since a series of cholera outbreaks began in late 2021. (AP Photo/Patrick Ngugi, File)
![Tsvangirayi Mukwazhi Children play near stagnant pools of water in Lilanda township in Lusaka, Zambia, Saturday March 9, 2024. Lilanda, an impoverished township on the edge of the Zambian capital of Lusaka, is a typical cholera hotspot. Stagnant pools of water dot the dirt roads. Clean water is gold dust. Extreme weather events have hit parts of Africa relentlessly in the last three years, with tropical storms, floods and drought causing crises of famine and displacement, and leaving another deadly threat in their aftermath: some of the continent's worst outbreaks of cholera. (AP Photo/Tsvangirayi Mukwazhi)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/4fee4dbf5b574760a299140fe9487884/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x)
Children play near stagnant pools of water in Lilanda township in Lusaka, Zambia, Saturday March 9, 2024. Lilanda, an impoverished township on the edge of the Zambian capital of Lusaka, is a typical cholera hotspot. Stagnant pools of water dot the dirt roads. Clean water is gold dust. Extreme weather events have hit parts of Africa relentlessly in the last three years, with tropical storms, floods and drought causing crises of famine and displacement, and leaving another deadly threat in their aftermath: some of the continent's worst outbreaks of cholera. (AP Photo/Tsvangirayi Mukwazhi)
![Brian Inganga FILE - People gather on a bridge after floodwater washed away houses near Nakuru, Kenya, Tuesday, April 30, 2024. Extreme weather events have hit parts of Africa relentlessly in the last three years, with tropical storms, floods and drought causing crises of hunger and displacement. They leave another deadly threat behind them: some of the continent's worst outbreaks of cholera. In southern and East Africa, more than 6,000 people have died and nearly 350,000 cases have been reported since a series of cholera outbreaks began in late 2021. (AP Photo/Brian Inganga, file)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/39a49fb9f3064fa7afb07d2c533ddac9/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x)
FILE - People gather on a bridge after floodwater washed away houses near Nakuru, Kenya, Tuesday, April 30, 2024. Extreme weather events have hit parts of Africa relentlessly in the last three years, with tropical storms, floods and drought causing crises of hunger and displacement. They leave another deadly threat behind them: some of the continent's worst outbreaks of cholera. In southern and East Africa, more than 6,000 people have died and nearly 350,000 cases have been reported since a series of cholera outbreaks began in late 2021. (AP Photo/Brian Inganga, file)
![Tsvangirayi Mukwazhi A nurse exits from a cholera treatment centre in Lusaka, Zambia, Saturday, March 9, 2024. Lilanda, an impoverished township on the edge of the Zambian capital of Lusaka, is a typical cholera hotspot. Stagnant pools of water dot the dirt roads. Clean water is gold dust. Extreme weather events have hit parts of Africa relentlessly in the last three years, with tropical storms, floods and drought causing crises of famine and displacement, and leaving another deadly threat in their aftermath: some of the continent's worst outbreaks of cholera. (AP Photo/Tsvangirayi Mukwazhi)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/526ee7b9d2254cd2a03dcf4a78005e15/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x)
A nurse exits from a cholera treatment centre in Lusaka, Zambia, Saturday, March 9, 2024. Lilanda, an impoverished township on the edge of the Zambian capital of Lusaka, is a typical cholera hotspot. Stagnant pools of water dot the dirt roads. Clean water is gold dust. Extreme weather events have hit parts of Africa relentlessly in the last three years, with tropical storms, floods and drought causing crises of famine and displacement, and leaving another deadly threat in their aftermath: some of the continent's worst outbreaks of cholera. (AP Photo/Tsvangirayi Mukwazhi)
![Tsvangirayi Mukwazhi Street vendors sell phone cards under a billboard urging people to protect themselves from Cholera in Lusaka, Zambia, Sunday March, 10 2024. Extreme weather events have hit parts of Africa relentlessly in the last three years, with tropical storms, floods and drought causing crises of famine and displacement, and leaving another deadly threat in their aftermath: some of the continent's worst outbreaks of cholera. (AP Photo/Tsvangirayi Mukwazhi)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/9874287a5b1a417aaf3414f29937307a/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x)
Street vendors sell phone cards under a billboard urging people to protect themselves from Cholera in Lusaka, Zambia, Sunday March, 10 2024. Extreme weather events have hit parts of Africa relentlessly in the last three years, with tropical storms, floods and drought causing crises of famine and displacement, and leaving another deadly threat in their aftermath: some of the continent's worst outbreaks of cholera. (AP Photo/Tsvangirayi Mukwazhi)
![Tsvangirayi Mukwazhi Children survivors of cholera play on a gate on the outskirts of Harare, Zimbabwe, Saturday, March 2, 2024. Extreme weather events have hit parts of Africa relentlessly in the last three years, with tropical storms, floods and drought causing crises of famine and displacement, and leaving another deadly threat in their aftermath: some of the continent's worst outbreaks of cholera. (AP Photo/Tsvangirayi Mukwazhi)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/88ef3eef525e4383bef144850d74b1b7/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x)
Children survivors of cholera play on a gate on the outskirts of Harare, Zimbabwe, Saturday, March 2, 2024. Extreme weather events have hit parts of Africa relentlessly in the last three years, with tropical storms, floods and drought causing crises of famine and displacement, and leaving another deadly threat in their aftermath: some of the continent's worst outbreaks of cholera. (AP Photo/Tsvangirayi Mukwazhi)