{"id":17317,"date":"2026-08-08T22:16:19","date_gmt":"2026-08-08T22:16:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/factualiteafrique.org\/fact-check\/epidemie-de-cholera-le-sel-dans-leau-protegerait-de-la-maladie\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T22:16:19","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T22:16:19","slug":"epidemie-de-cholera-le-sel-dans-leau-protegerait-de-la-maladie","status":"publish","type":"vc_factcheck","link":"https:\/\/factualiteafrique.org\/en\/fact-check\/epidemie-de-cholera-le-sel-dans-leau-protegerait-de-la-maladie\/","title":{"rendered":"Cholera epidemic: salt in water protects against the disease"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This rumour resurfaces with every epidemic outbreak in the east of the country.<\/p>\n<p>WHO and National Cholera Elimination Programme protocols are clear: prevention relies on treated water, handwashing and sanitation. Treatment relies on oral rehydration salts, the composition of which is calibrated \u2014 homemade saltwater does not replicate this.<\/p>\n<p>Real danger: water that is too salty accelerates water loss and can kill a dehydrated child.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>False and dangerous. Saltwater does not prevent cholera and worsens dehydration. Only clean drinking water, hand hygiene and oral rehydration protect.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":{"_vc_claim":"Boire de l'eau sal\u00e9e prot\u00e9gerait du chol\u00e9ra, selon des m\u00e9decins.","_vc_claim_original":"Kunywa maji ya chumvi kunakinga kipindupindu, madaktari wamesema.","_vc_verdict":"false","_vc_language":"sw","_vc_region":"Bukavu (Sud-Kivu)","_vc_virality":82,"_vc_sources":"OMS \u2014 Chol\u00e9ra, pr\u00e9vention et traitement | https:\/\/www.who.int\/fr\/news-room\/fact-sheets\/detail\/cholera\nMinist\u00e8re de la Sant\u00e9 RDC \u2014 Riposte chol\u00e9ra | https:\/\/sante.gouv.cd\/\nMSF \u2014 Prise en charge du chol\u00e9ra | https:\/\/www.msf.fr\/","_vc_audio_claim":"","_vc_audio_verdict":"","_vc_submission_id":0,"_vc_reviewed_by":2,"_vc_reviewed_at":"2026-08-29 22:16:19","_vc_ai_assisted":0,"_vc_keywords":"","_vc_channel":"","footnotes":""},"vc_language":[180],"vc_verdict":[184],"vc_topic":[189],"vc_region":[198],"class_list":["post-17317","vc_factcheck","type-vc_factcheck","status-publish","hentry","vc_language-sw","vc_verdict-false","vc_topic-sante","vc_region-bukavu-sud-kivu","description-off"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/factualiteafrique.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/factchecks\/17317","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/factualiteafrique.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/factchecks"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/factualiteafrique.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/vc_factcheck"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/factualiteafrique.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/factualiteafrique.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/factchecks\/17317\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/factualiteafrique.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17317"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"vc_language","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/factualiteafrique.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/vc_language?post=17317"},{"taxonomy":"vc_verdict","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/factualiteafrique.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/vc_verdict?post=17317"},{"taxonomy":"vc_topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/factualiteafrique.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/vc_topic?post=17317"},{"taxonomy":"vc_region","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/factualiteafrique.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/vc_region?post=17317"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}