Democratic Republic of Congo is grappling with its most devastating cholera outbreak in a quarter-century, with close to 2,000 lives lost since January, the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) revealed on Monday. The agency warns that the crisis is escalating rapidly, hitting children the hardest. In one shocking incident detailed...
Cholera outbreak
By HARUNA AHMED, Gausa– Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), also known as Doctors Without Borders, has raised urgent concerns about a worsening cholera outbreak in Zamfara State, calling for immediate action to curb further loss of life. The medical humanitarian organization issued a statement on Thursday highlighting the escalating crisis....
By EMMANUEL KUJE, Abuja- Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) has sounded the alarm over a dual public health crisis in Africa, as cholera and mpox cases surge across multiple countries. According to the Director-General of the Africa CDC, Dr. Jean Kaseya, the continent is facing...
No fewer than 1,160 patients were treated, as 25 persons die in gastroenteritis-related cases from January till date across 18 local government areas of Sokoto State. The Director of Public Health in the state’s Ministry of Health, Dr Abdulganiyu Yusuf, disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency...
Ebonyi State Commissioner for Health, Dr Moses Ekuma, has disclosed that the state has recorded 28 deaths and 386 cases since the cholera outbreak on September 24. Ekuma made this known to newsmen on Saturday during the donation of medical commodities by the Governor’s wife, Mrs Mary-Maudline Nwifuru, to...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – The Borno State Government has expressed gratitude to the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) for its immense support in addressing the recent cholera outbreak in the state. The outbreak, which was declared on October 4th, 2024, has affected four local government areas, including MMC,...
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) says the cholera outbreak in Nigeria has seen a sharp increase in 2024, with suspected cases rising by an alarming 220 per cent. The NCDC, on its official website, said that this was according to the latest epidemiological report. The News Agency...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR , Maiduguri – Borno State Government has announced a cholera outbreak in the state following severe flooding caused by the collapse of the Alau Dam in Konduga LGA. The flooding has affected Maiduguri and surrounding areas, leading to the displacement of approximately 2 million people, destruction...
The Ebonyi Government says the death toll from the cholera outbreak in Ndibokote Village in Ezza-Inyimegu Community has hit 15. The Commissioner for Health, Dr Moses Ekuma, confirmed the number of deaths from the epidemic in the locality to newsmen in Abakiliki on Friday. Ekuma said that three emergency...
As Nigeria grapples with a surging cholera outbreak, available data from the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) showed that no fewer than 31 states have so far recorded 528 confirmed cases. Out of these cases, 53 deaths have been recorded in no fewer than 117 local governments...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The FCT Minister of State, Dr. Mariya Mahmoud, has called on the FCT Primary Health Care Board to put in place precautionary measures to guard against the outbreak of cholera epidemic that has ravaged some states in Nigeria. The minister made this...
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) has reported 1,598 suspected cases of cholera across 107 local government areas. The cholera outbreak is characterised by a case fatality rate of 3.5 per cent, significantly higher than the national expected average of one per cent, underscoring severity...
The Lagos State Commissioner for Health, Prof. Akin Abayomi, has said the fatalities from the state’s cholera outbreak have risen to 29 deaths and 579 suspected cases across multiple Local Government Areas in the state. Abayomi made the disclosure during a state multiagency news briefing and update...
Ogun State Government has confirmed one person dead from the recent Cholera outbreak while nine new cases have been recorded in the state. The State Commissioner for Health, Dr Tomi Coker, made this known, while addressing journalists on Monday in Abeokuta. She said that there were 25 suspected...
A Chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Olatunbosun Oyintiloye, has said the release of N260 billion Primary Healthcare Centres (PHCs) revitalisation fund by the Federal Government is timely following recent cholera outbreak in the country. Oyintiloye, in a chat with newsmen on Sunday in Osogbo, said that...
The Lagos State Government says the number of fatalities from the cholera outbreak in the state has risen to 35 following the last update, which reported 401 suspected cases and 15 fatalities. At the last count, the government said Lagos Island, Kosofe, and Eti Osa recorded the highest...
The Ogun State Government has confirmed the outbreak of cholera which has claimed the life of a 62-year-old woman with five persons hospitalised. The Ogun State Commissioner for Health, Tomi Coker, said the incident happened in Ijebu Igbo, Ijebu North Local Government Area. The incident occurred four days ago....
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has announced a spike in cholera in several regions of the world, with almost 195,000 cases and over 1,900 deaths reported in 24 countries since the start of this year. The UN agency’s Eastern Mediterranean Region reported the highest number of cases, followed...
The Federal Ministry of Water Resources and Sanitation has initiated a water quality analysis following a cholera outbreak that has resulted in the deaths of 30 people across several states. Alhaji Aliyu Shinkafi, Permanent Secretary of the Ministry, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Thursday said...
The Lagos State Government has said death from the state’s cholera outbreak has increased from 15 to 21, while infections also increased to 401 from 350 infections. The Special Adviser to the Lagos State Governor on Health, Dr Kemi Ogunyemi, said the rise in cases was anticipated...