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Samuel Kariuki

Samuel Kariuki is the chief research scientist and director at the Centre for Microbiology Research, Kenya Medical Research Institute.

Nearly half of South Africa’s drinking water systems are in a poor state. (Getty Images)
AFRICA

Why cholera continues to threaten many African countries

It persists because of poor sanitation and water supplies, worsening socioeconomic conditions and because governments don’t take its prevention and control seriously

  • Samuel Kariuki
5 min read