The West and Central Africa Regional Cholera Prevention and Response Integrated Strategy

The Regional Strategy draws upon a roadmap, which consists in six operational steps to progress toward the ultimate goal of cholera elimination through an evidence based and risk informed approach.

Download the roadmap " West and Central Africa Regional Cholera Prevention and Response Integrated Strategy"

Read more about the different steps of the operational roadmap below:

• Step 0 National Plans
  National guidances for prevention and response to cholera

• Step 1 Hotspots of cholera :
  Hotspot studies have been conducted in 14 countries to identify areas where cholera persists or re-appears regularly.
  
  
• Step 2 & 3 Field investigations & Investment plans :
  Diagnosis and identification of programmatic response in cholera hotspots, and proposition of adequate solutions linking epidemic response and control, and development programs based on local transmission contexts.
  
• Step 4 Advocacy :
  4 pagers that summarize the cholera situation & appropriate interventions an resources required by country
  
  
• Step 5 Implementation:
  Sustainable WASH interventions conducted in the field based on the regional strategy and the evidence produced through the previous steps
  
  
• Step 6 Impact studies :
  Monitoring and evaluation required as part of the project cycle to study the impact & check the sustainability of the interventions