{"id":44681,"date":"2026-09-05T08:58:15","date_gmt":"2026-09-05T06:58:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/?post_type=news&#038;p=44681"},"modified":"2026-09-05T08:58:15","modified_gmt":"2026-09-05T06:58:15","slug":"malawi-declares-cholera-mpox-outbreaks-contained","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/news\/malawi-declares-cholera-mpox-outbreaks-contained\/","title":{"rendered":"Malawi declares cholera, mpox outbreaks contained"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Health authorities in Malawi have declared that two major public health threats, cholera and mpox, have been successfully contained following a comprehensive nationwide response.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>According to a joint statement released by the Ministry of Health and the World Health Organisation (WHO), Malawi has recorded zero laboratory-confirmed cholera cases for over 28 consecutive days, alongside zero mpox cases for more than 90 consecutive days.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The achievement marks the end of a rigorous outbreak control effort that saw health officials manage 3 200 cholera cases across 18 affected districts and isolate 162 confirmed mpox cases nationwide.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Despite reaching the official containment thresholds, the Ministry of Health has urged local communities to maintain strict standards of hygiene and remain vigilant to prevent any resurgence of either disease.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;ChannelAfrica&#8211;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":14699,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"news-type":[78,26],"class_list":["post-44681","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","news-type-featured","news-type-general_news","entry"],"acf":{"short_description":"Ministry of Health and WHO declare cholera and mpox successfully contained in Malawi","published_date":"2026-09-05 08:09:27","news_description":"Ministry of Health and WHO declare cholera and mpox successfully contained in Malawi","form_embed":"","author":"","image_caption":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/44681","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/44681\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":44682,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/44681\/revisions\/44682"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14699"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=44681"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"news-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news-type?post=44681"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}