Cholera

  • Adejumo Kabir

    Monthly Sanitation Returns To Lagos Amidst Cholera Outbreak, Improper Waste Disposal

    In the face of a worsening cholera outbreak, Lagos, the epicentre of Nigeria’s crisis, is finding solutions. Just days after a HumAngle report exposed widespread open defecation and inadequate waste disposal in the Southwestern Nigeria state as major contributors, Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu has greenlit the return of the monthly environmental sanitation exercise. The move aims […]

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  • Zubaida Baba Ibrahim

    Floods Push Rise In Cholera Cases Alarming Aid Agencies

    Cases of the deadly water-born disease cholera have increased by 900 per cent in just a few weeks, alarming relief organisations providing aid to people in Borno. The number of patients being admitted to treatment centres increased from 50 to over 500 per week by the end of September, Medecins Sans Frontieres/Doctors Without Borders (MSF) […]

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  • Adebowale Oluwaseun

    WaterAid Expresses Concerns Over Cholera Outbreak In Nigeria

    WaterAid, a water charity organisation has expressed worries over cholera outbreak affecting communities in several states in Nigeria. The charity organisation in a press release said young children between the age of five and 14 are mostly affected and so far, over 3,000 lives have been claimed by the disease, which it predicts to be […]

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  • Abdulkareem Haruna

    Poorly Constructed Drainages In Maiduguri’s New Layouts Threaten Public Health

    This is not the best of times for many residents of Maiduguri, Borno State, Northeast Nigeria, as floods occasioned by heavy downpour continues to steal their happiness. Before the rains, the Borno State Ministry of Environment had enforced the evacuation of blocked drainages around all major streets as well as nooks and crannies of Maiduguri […]

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  • Adebowale Oluwaseun

    MSF Assists To Curb Rapid Spread Of Cholera In Niger Republic

    The Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders (MSF), an international NGO, has been making efforts to contain the cholera epidemic across four regions in Niger since mid-July. On Monday, Aug. 9, the Nigerien Ministry of Public Health announced 4283 cases across six of the country’s eight regions and 144 deaths. The international NGO is currently supporting […]

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  • Abdulkareem Haruna

    Cholera: Borno Sets Up Committee To Tackle Epidemic

    The Borno State Government in Northeast Nigeria has set up a 13-man committee for the control of cholera outbreaks in the state. Last week, the State Ministry of Health confirmed a total of 43 persons have died from cholera related diseases in seven local government areas of the state. Juliana Bitrus, the Borno state Commissioner […]

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  • Adebowale Oluwaseun

    Cholera Hits Borno, Records 43 Deaths, 559 Cases

    At least 43 people have died from a cholera outbreak in Borno State, Northeast Nigeria and 559 cases have been reported so far, Juliana Bitrus, the state’s Commissioner for Health said. Bitrus disclosed this on Tuesday, Aug. 31, at a press conference in Maiduguri, the state capital, according to a Daily Trust report. “Acute diarrhoea […]

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