Arch Clin Biomed Res 2022; 6 (2): 296-307 DOI: 10.26502/acbr.50170245 Archives of Clinical and Biomedical Research Vol.6 No. 2 – April 2022. [ISSN 2572-9292]. 296 Research Article The 2021 Cholera Outbreak in West Africa: Epidemiology and Public Health Implications Vincent Dossou Sodjinou 1* , Ambrose Talisuna 2 , Fiona Braka 2 , Phillipe Barboza 3 , Kathryn Alberti 3 , Ann FORTIN 2 , Walter Mulombo Kazadi 4 , Blanche-philomene Melanga Anya 5 , Mamoudou Harouna Djingarey 6 , Binta Fatoumata Diallo 7 , Adebola Olayinka 4 , Bienvenu Baruani 5 , Jean Paul Kimenyi 2 , Didier Tambwe 5 , Mory Keita 1 , Guy Mbayo 2 , Inès Gbedande Cica Tosse 5 , Nicole Mbarga 8 , Aissata Conteh 2 , Christian Emmanuel Douba Epee 8 , Geoffrey Namara 4 , Sonia Viviane Bedie 6 , Salam Abdou GUEYE 2 1 World Health Organization – Dakar Emergency Preparedness and Response Hub, BP 4039 Dakar, Senegal, West Africa 2 World Health Organization Regional Office for Africa – Emergency Preparedness and Response cluster, BP06, Brazzaville, Congo, Central Africa 3 World Health Organization-Head Quarter Cholera programme on behel of the Global Task Force on Cholera Control 4 WHO country Office Nigeria, 910006 Abuja, Nigeria 5 World Health Organization Country Office Niger, BP 10 739 Niamey, Niger, West Africa 6 World Health Organization Country Office Benin, 01BP918 Cotonou, Benin, West Africa 7 World Health Organization Country Office Togo, BP 1504, Lomé, Togo, West Africa 8 World Health Organization Country Office, B.P. 155 Yaoundé, Cameroon *Corresponding author: Vincent Dossou SODJINOU, World Health Organization – Dakar Emergency Preparedness and Response Hub, BP 4039 Dakar, Senegal. Received: 28 February 2022; Accepted: 08 March 2022; Published: 16 March 2022 Citation: Vincent Dossou Sodjinou, Ambrose Talisuna, Fiona Braka, Phillipe Barboza, Kathryn Alberti, Ann FORTIN, Walter Mulombo Kazadi, Blanche-philomene Melanga Anya, Mamoudou Harouna Djingarey, Binta Fatoumata Diallo, Adebola Olayinka, Bienvenu Baruani, Jean Paul Kimenyi, Didier Tambwe, Mory Keita1, Guy Mbayo, Inès Gbedande Cica Tosse, Nicole Mbarga, Aissata Conteh, Christian Emmanuel Douba Epee, Geoffrey Namara, Sonia Viviane Bedie, Salam Abdou GUEYE. The 2021 cholera outbreak in West Africa: epidemiology and public health implications. Archives of Clinical and Biomedical Research 6 (2022): 296-307.