Residents of Apiapumtet and several other communities in Obubra Local Government Area of Cross River State have raised fresh concerns over a possible cholera outbreak, citing acute shortages of clean and safe water sources. Obubra has remained a recurring hotspot Read more…
The US Centre for Disease Control and Prevention and the African Field Epidemiology Network have deployed a rapid response team to Zamfara State to help combat a cholera outbreak. Since the outbreak began on January 15, the state has Read more…
The new outbreak of cholera across 14 out of 20 local government areas of Bauchi state has claimed about 58 lives. There are also 258 fresh cases of people suffering from the disease in the state. Speaking during the inauguration Read more…
The Bauchi State Government has set up a Cholera steering and technical committee to coordinate emergency response and find long-term solutions to recent Cholera outbreak that has claimed several lives in the state. Speaking at the inauguration of the committee Read more…
A cholera epidemic at a camp for Sudanese refugees in neighbouring Chad has killed 68 people since it broke out in late July, the Chadian Health ministry told AFP on Tuesday. Chad is home to more than 850,000 Sudanese Read more…
The international medical humanitarian group, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), says the rise of cholera outbreak in Zamfara State is disturbing. It warned of risks to lose more lives if no urgent action is taken. According to MSF mid-June to early Read more…
Abia State government has assured the residents that there is no new report of public diseases in the State. The diseases, according to the State government, include Lassa Fever, Monkey Pox, Cholera, Yellow Fever and Diphtheria. The Commissioner for Health, Read more…
A cholera outbreak in six local government areas in Niger State, has reportedly claimed 13 lives and led to the hospitalisation of over 236 other residents. The outbreak, first reported on Sunday in the Shiroro Local Government Area, has Read more…
A cholera outbreak in Niger State has claimed at least 12 lives and left more than 230 others hospitalised across several local government areas, LGAs. The outbreak was first detected on Sunday in Shiroro Local Government Area. As of Wednesday, Read more…
The Federal Government, through the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention, NCDC, has issued an alert, warning Nigerians of the outbreak of infectious diseases across the country. The NCDC, while issuing the warning on Friday via its website, confirmed Read more…