Climate, Malaria and Cholera in the Lake Victoria Region:

Malaria and cholera are potentially fatal diseases that affect millions of people every year and result in more than a million mortalities, particularly in the developing countries. Malaria itself causes about one million deaths per year globally, of which more than 90 per cent occur in Africa (WHO/UNICEF, 2003). Global pandemics of cholera have been recorded since the beginning of the 19th century and the 7th pandemic, beginning in 1961, affected Asia, Europe, Africa and Latin America, causing thousands of fatalities (WHO, no date).