2019 can be beginning of the end for an ancient disease

Cholera killed tens of thousands in Europe and the US in the 1800s, but is now mostly confined to developing countries. The goal is to have cut its death rate by 90% by 2030, according to Anita Zaidi.

When Cyclone Idai ripped through Mozambique, Malawi, and Zimbabwe on March 14, it wrought devastation and killed 1,000 people. In its aftermath, and that of Cyclone Kenneth the following month, flooding and infrastructure loss created the conditions for an outbreak of cholera, a deadly diarrheal disease that can kill a person within hours, if untreated.