Nigeria: 2022 Measles

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Source: https://gazettengr.com/measles-outbr...-eight-states/

Measles outbreak in Nigeria spreads to eight states
Between January and August 2021, there were 67,000 cases of measles across the country.
News Agency of Nigeria • March 4, 2022

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), has registered an outbreak of measles in eight states.

According to the NCDC via its official website on Friday, the affected states are Jigawa; Anambra; Katsina; Rivers; Enugu; Delta; Osun and Sokoto, in which 908 suspected cases had been reported...

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Source: https://dailytrust.com/measles-hit-benue-idp-camps-2

Measles hit Benue IDP camps
Hope Abah Emmanuel
Mon, 21 Mar 2022 08:11:19 GMT

Several people have reportedly contracted measles at various Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) camps in Benue State.

Our correspondent gathered that at least 60 people, mostly children above the age of five, had so far been infected in some of the camps located in Guma Local Government Area of the state.

It was learnt that over 30 people infected were recorded in the Ortese IDPs camp in Guma while the remaining cut across the other IDPs camps in the state...

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Sokoto records 1,000 cases of measles in three months – official
As part of efforts to tackle the spread, Mr Inname said medical officers have been dispatched to the most affected areas to study the situation.
byMohammed Babangida
April 13, 2022

The Sokoto State Commissioner of health, Ali Inname, has said the state recorded 1,000 cases of measles between January to March this year.

Mr Inname, who spoke in Sokoto, said the cases were recorded in all the 23 local government areas of the state.

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Source: https://sundiatapost.com/measles-kil...en-in-anambra/


Measles kills 14 children in Anambra
By Emmachi -
May 25, 2022 86

AWKA- The Anambra Government has confirmed the death of 14 children from measles outbreak in nine local government areas of the state.

The Commissioner for Health, Dr Afam Obidike, announced the figure at a Post Measles Outbreak Response news conference in Awka on Wednesday.

He said that no newer than 414 cases of measles were recorded in nine local government areas in the state.

Obidike listed the affected local government areas as Anambra East, Anambra West, Ayamelum, Ihiala, Idemili North, Nnewi North, Onitsha North, Njikoka, and Oyi.

The commissioner stated that supports from the World Health Organisation and the United Nations Children Emergency Fund helped the state to curtail the spread.

“In March, the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) alerted us of Measles outbreak in nine LGAs in the state. We contacted the World Health Organisation (WHO) and the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), to assist us curtail further spread of the disease...

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Measles: 50 children feared dead in Rivers communities

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Dennis Naku
8th August 2022

About 50 children are feared dead following a measles outbreak in Kugbo Clan of Abua/Odual Local Government Area of Rivers State.

It was learnt that the disease first reported in Amurouttoru-Kugbo Community has now spread to Emago-Kugbo and Akani-Kugbo communities leading to the death of several children in the three communities.

The Community Development Committee Chairman of Emago Kugbo Community, Levi Marcus, confirmed the incident to newsmen in Port Harcourt.

Marcus said, “We have a situation that is ravaging Okugbo Clan. That is to say, Emakgbo, Akani, and Akpotu. And the situation we are talking about is measles.

“In Akani-Okugbo, from what we witnessed and confirmed, 20 children have died. Then again, if you go to Amuruotoru, we also have the same situation. We have up to 15 recorded cases.
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Also speaking, the Youth Leader of Emago-Kugbo community, Edoghotu Edwin, who said he visited other communities to ascertain the situation of things, appealed to the state government to come to the aid of the communities.

“The situation now is bad. Measles has taken over the community, and the children are suffering. Over 15 children have died in Emago.
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https://punchng.com/measles-50-children-feared-dead-in-rivers-communities/

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Source: https://leadership.ng/after-90-death...sles-outbreak/

After 90 Deaths, Rivers Community Raises The Alarm Over Measles Outbreak
by Anayo Onukwugha
8 hours ago

Following the outbreak of measles in Kugbo Clan in Abua/Odual local government area of Rivers State, the people of the area have said there were no government hospitals to treat their children who were dying of the disease.

Three communities in the area, Amuruto-Kugbo, Emago-Kugbo and Akani-Kugbo had alleged that no fewer than 50 children have died since the outbreak of the measles in the area.

However, the claims of the communities were debunked by the chairman of Abua/Odual local government area, Hon Daniel E.O. Daniel, who insisted that no child has died as a result of the outbreak.

But, speaking on a live radio programme monitored in Port Harcourt yesterday, chairman of Emago-Kugbo Community Development Committee (CDC), Levi Marcus, said there were no functional hospitals in the entire Kugbo Clan.

Marcus stated that the closest hospitals to communities in Kugbo Clan were those in Ogbia local government area of Bayelsa State, saying that it costs up to N10,000 on transportation alone to get to the hospitals...

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Source: https://punchng.com/measles-rivers-t...sualty-claims/

Measles: Rivers treats 88 children, debunks casualty claims
21st August 2022
By Dennis Naku

The Rivers State Government has said 88 children were treated for suspected case of measles in Emago and Amaratu communities of Emago-Kugbo clan of Abua/Odual Local Government Area of the state.

The Community Development Committee Chairman of Emago-Kugbo, Levi Marcus, and the youth leader of the community, Edoghotu Edwin, alleged about a fortnight ago that 50 children died of measles-related ailment in the area.

However, the Permanent Secretary, Rivers State Primary Healthcare Management Board, Dr Agiriye Harry, on Friday told journalists that there was no evidence that any child died of measles. He said a team from the ministry of health visited the area and stayed there for days but found no evidence of death as a result of measles...

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Measles kills 190 as 422 nabbed over fake COVID-19 vaccination cards
By Ojoma Akor

Wed, 14 Sep 2022 10:54:42 GMT

The Director-General of the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), Ifedayo Adetifa, says there have been 18,577 confirmed cases of measles and 190 deaths as of week 35 in 36 states and Federal Capital Territory.

He said this in Abuja yesterday during the ministerial briefing and update on COVID-19 response and development in the health sector.

Represented by the Head of Response Division, Health Emergency Preparedness and Response Department at the NCDC, Dr. Olaolu Aderinola, he said: “There are 40 LGAs with active outbreak. We continue to support state responses to measles outbreaks.”....

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Source: https://dailypost.ng/2022/09/23/kogi...es-zero-death/

Kogi govt confirms 52 cases of measles, zero death
Published on September 23, 2022
By John Akinfehinwa

The Kogi State Government has confirmed 52 cases of measles across the 21 local government areas of the state.

Maternal Child Health Focal Person, Kogi State Primary Health Care Development Agency, Hadiya Ismail Ahmad, disclosed this at a one-day stakeholders meeting on integrated measles campaign in Kogi State held in Lokoja on Thursday.

Ahmad said Kogi State has 147 cases of measles recording zero death, 47.3% males, and 52.7 percent females...

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Source: https://von.gov.ng/kogi-govt-dismiss...ak-of-measles/

kogi Commissioner for health debunks outbreak of measles
Last updated Sep 27, 2022

The commissioner for health, Kogi State, Dr Zakari Usman, declared that here is no outbreak of measles in Kogi State.

He told newsmen in Lokoja that media reports of an outbreak some three days past, was outright misinformation.

“The misinformation must have arisen from a measles sensitisation programme held the previous week by the state Primary Health Care Development Agency.

“During the programme, the agency gave statistics of measles cases reported in the state since January. It was a cumulative record of cases ever reported within the period of nine months – January to September. As we speak, there is no active case of measles in the state.”...

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Source: https://www.vanguardngr.com/2022/10/...iant-of-polio/

Benue records 2,248 new measles cases, new variant of polio
October 7, 2022
By Peter Duru, Makurdi

Benue state has recorded over 2,248 new cases of measles in the last seven months just as a new variant of polio has also been discovered in the state.

The State’s Health Educator, at the Primary Health Care Board, PHCB, Mr. Emmanuel Beeka who made this known in Makurdi explained that the new measles cases were recorded in the state between January and August 2022.

Mr. Beeka said to tackle the challenge, the state had already keyed into the national vaccination intervention slated to kick off “on Friday October 6, 2022 for Polio which would be rounded off next Tuesday while the flag-off for Measles vaccination would be done on the October 19, 2022 with full implementation commencing from 20th and would run till 28th.”...

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Source: https://punchng.com/measles-outbreak...39-weeks-ncdc/

Measles outbreak killed 234 in 39 weeks — NCDC
By Lara Adejoro
13th October 2022

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control has said a total of 18,545 confirmed cases of measles have been recorded across 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory.

The NCDC said the country had also recorded 234 deaths from the infectious disease as of week 39 in the year.

The centre disclosed this in a statement made available to our correspondent by its Director-General, Dr Ifedayo Adetifa...

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Source: https://crossriverwatch.com/2022/10/...r-vaccination/

Cross River Confirms 35 Measles Cases, Target 700,000 Children For Vaccination
October 18, 2022
By Ogar Monday

Cross River State health authorities have confirmed the detection of 35 measles cases at the Ogoja Refugee Camp in Adagom.

It further assured that the State has set in motion plans to vaccinate at least 700,000 children against the virus across the State...