Cholera is found in many tropical countries around the world, and outbreaks are common.
In 1999, South Africa reported to the World Health Organization an annual total of 68 cases of cholera with 2 deaths. Kwazulu-Natal Province is in eastern South Africa. The current outbreak is occurring in the town of Boroma, in the Awdal region in northwest Somaliland, which borders Ethiopia on the south and Djibouti on the northwest.