Cholera: Revised cholera kits and calculation tool

In 2016 WHO introduced the Cholera Kits. These kits replace the Interagency Diarrhoeal Disease Kit (IDDK) which had been used for many years. The Cholera Kit is designed to be flexible and adaptable for preparedness and outbreak response in different contexts. The overall Cholera Kit is made up of an Investigation Kit, Laboratory materials, 3 Treatment Kits (community, periphery and central) and a Hardware Kit. The Treatment and Hardware Kits are each composed of individual modules. Each of the kits and modules can be ordered independently based on field need. To support orders, a Cholera Kit Calculation Tool was developed.

The information note, packing lists and the Kit Calculation Tool are all available from the WHO website at: http://www.who.int/cholera/kit/en/

**Please note: This course was developed in 2018. For the latest updates, please refer to the relevant health topics on the WHO website.

Course information

An introductory course of cholera is also available at: https://openwho.org/courses/cholera-introduction-en

Un cours d'introduction au choléra est disponible sur : https://openwho.org/courses/cholera-introduction-fr

Overview: In 2016 WHO introduced the Cholera Kits. These kits replace the Interagency Diarrhoeal Disease Kit (IDDK) which had been used for many years. The Cholera Kit is designed to be flexible and adaptable for preparedness and outbreak response in different contexts. The overall Cholera Kit is made up of an Investigation Kit, Laboratory materials, 3 Treatment Kits (community, periphery and central) and a Hardware Kit. The Treatment and Hardware Kits are each composed of individual modules. Each of the kits and modules can be ordered independently based on field need. To support orders, a Cholera Kit Calculation Tool was developed. This course is made up of two parts: a short introduction to the Cholera Kits and modules, and a demonstration of the Cholera Kit Calculation Tool.

Learning objective: By the end of this course, participants should have a basic understanding of the Revised Cholera Kits and how to use the Kit Calculation Tool.

Course duration: Approximately 1 hour.

Certificates: A Confirmation of Participation is available to participants who complete at least 80% of the course materials.

Course contents

• Section 1 - Background on revised cholera kits:

  This introduction to the revised cholera kits provides an overview of the structure and function.

• Section 2 - Cholera kit calculation tool:

  This demonstration of the cholera kit calculation tool shows the main features and how it can be used to estimate how many kits to order for any given context.