No fewer than 25 persons have been confirmed dead as a result of a Gastroenteritis outbreak, otherwise known as Cholera, in three Local Government Areas of Sokoto, out of a total of 1,160 cases recorded in the state. The state Commissioner of Health, Asabe Balarabe, disclosed this while speaking to newsmen. The commissioner further explained…
The Kaduna State Primary Healthcare Development Agency has recorded one death out of 86 suspected cases of cholera. The Director of Public Health, Hamza Ibrahim-Ikara, disclosed this in an interview with newsmen on Thursday in Kaduna. Ibrahim-Ikara said for the past five months that the country experienced outbreaks of cholera in 30 states, Kaduna has…
Lagos State is at the centre of a significant cholera outbreak in Nigeria, the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention, NCDC, has said. The latest data via the NCDC website stated that as of week 25, Lagos state registered 104 new cases out of the country’s total of 113 reported cases for the week….
The 2018 Water and Sanitation Hygiene national outcome revealed that approximately 47 million Nigerians, constituting 23 per cent of the population, engaged in open defecation. Wary of the rapid spread of Cholera that caused high morbidity and mortality across the country, the Federal Government said it has commenced measures to combat the epidemic by tackling…
The World Health Organisation has donated some Infection and Prevention and Control materials to the Ondo State Ministry of Health as part of the efforts to help prevent cholera outbreaks. This was contained in a statement issued by the Press Officer of the ministry, Bisi Lawani in Akure, the state capital. According to the statement, the…
Rep James Faleke (Ikeja Federal Constituency) has called on Nigerians to treat the outbreak of cholera in some parts of the country with the same level of seriousness they applied to the COVID-19 pandemic. Faleke made the call in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Monday. The Nigeria Centre for Disease…
By Adebayo Yusuf Chairman, National Association of Nigeria Nurses and Midwives, NANNM Oyo State Council, Dr Samuel Adeyemi has called on the government to put up all necessary measures to curtail the spread of cholera in the country. Dr Adeyemi made this known in an interview after featuring on Pensioners FM Current Affairs programme, Voice…
TODAY’S VIEWPOINT IS ON THE NEED TO CURTAIL THE SPREAD OF CHOLERA OUTBREAK IN NIGERIA. IT IS WRITTEN BY HEAD OF EDITORAIL UNIT, YETUNDE OKE The history of cholera can be traced to the 19th century, when cholera spread across the world from its original reservoir in the Ganges delta in India. Six subsequent pandemics…
Laboratory analysts have expressed worry over the current cholera outbreak impacting Lagos and Ogun States, urging the government to take immediate action to protect public health by deploying Public Analysts to conduct comprehensive water quality testing in the affected areas. The laboratory analysts under the auspices of the Society of Testing Laboratory Analysts of Nigeria…
By Babatunde Tiamiyu The Special Adviser to the Osun State Governor on Health Matters, Dr. Adekunle Akindele has said the state is yet to record any confirmed case of cholera, describing the report of 11 confirmed cases of Cholera in Osun state as inaccurate. Dr. Akindele clarified that contrary to the claim in the report,…