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  • #31
    Source: https://www.vanguardngr.com/2018/09/...-in-18-states/

    434 Dead, 23,893 Cases recorded: Cholera raging like bush fire in 18 states! On September 9, 20183:39 amIn Health, Special Report
    By Chioma Obinna

    The country may be battling the largest outbreak of cholera barely a month after the Nigerian Centre for Disease Control, NCDC, said it had contained the outbreak.

    Fear is growing as many Nigerians pay with their lives. Almost on daily basis, in the last one week, the media has reported the death of one or more Nigerian due to cholera.

    Many states are affected. The fear that the situation may get worse may not be unconnected with the fact that the rains, a factor in the spread, are still much around and every part of Nigeria is a potentially fertile ground for cholera outbreak.

    There have been conflicting figures of cholera cases but the latest Epidemiology Summary Sunday Vanguard obtained from the NCDC shows that no fewer than 434 Nigerians have lost their lives to the outbreak and 23,893 suspected cases recorded between January and August 2018.

    The reported cases were from 168 local governments in 17 states of Adamawa, Anambra, Bauchi, Borno, Ebonyi, Gombe, Jigawa, Kaduna, Kano, Katsina, Kogi, Nasarawa, Niger, Plateau, Yobe, Sokoto and Zamfara as well as the FCT since the beginning of the year.

    According to the Epidemiology Summary, in the week of 34 (21- 26 August,) about 228 new suspected cases were reported in Zamfara (105), Kano (96) and Katsina (27), with 9 deaths (5 in Zamfara and 4 in Kano).

    Also, update from the World Health Organisation, WHO, and other partners on Echo Daily reveals that, with such suspected cases, including deaths, the figure has exceeded the combined number of cases recorded from 2015 to 2017.

    The WHO report traces the huge number of cases to factors including limited access to water and sanitation infrastructure, poor hygiene practices and harsh weather conditions...

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    • #32
      Source: https://www.dailytrust.com.ng/889-ca...-outbreak.html

      889 cases suspected in Borno cholera outbreak
      By Judd-Leonard Okafor | Published Date Sep 11, 2018 20:08 PM

      At least 889 cases are suspected to be cholera in the latest outbreak declared in Borno state, the United Nations coordinator for humanitarian affairs says.

      The rise comes five days after Borno government declared a cholera outbreak.

      Nineteen people have died in the outbreak by Monday, the office said in its third update...

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      • #33
        Source: http://saharareporters.com/2018/09/2...reak-hits-yobe


        61 Dead, 50 Hospitalised As Cholera Outbreak Hits Yobe
        Confirming the figures on Friday in a statement, the state government also noted that there were 906 fresh cases.
        by SaharaReporters, New York Sep 21, 2018

        A child receives drip for the cholera outbreak NAN

        Fresh cases of cholera have left 61 people dead and 50 still on admission in hospitals across Yobe State.

        Confirming the figures on Friday in a statement, the state government also noted that there were 906 fresh cases.

        According to NAN, Dr Muhammad Kawuwa, Commissioner for Health, said the cases of Acute Water Diarrhoea (AWD) reported in parts of the state were later confirmed to be cholera after laboratory tests.

        He said: ?Some of the AWD cases were caused by Vibrio bacterae, the bacteria that cause cholera. Over 795 patients were successfully treated and discharged, 50 are still on admission in various health facilities across the state.

        ?Unfortunately, we lost 61 patients mainly due to delays in timely reporting to the healthcare facilities for life saving treatment.?

        He also stated that 906 cases were recorded in six local government areas: Gujba, Gulani, Damaturu, Fune, Potiskum and Nangere in two months...

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        • #34
          Source: http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/201..._137490214.htm


          Roundup: Death toll rises to 97 in Nigeria cholera outbreak
          Source: Xinhua| 2018-09-24 23:17:18|Editor: yan
          by Olatunji Saliu

          ABUJA, Sept. 24 (Xinhua) -- The number of people killed in a cholera outbreak hitting two out of Nigeria's six northeastern states has risen to 97, according to United Nations data.

          Local authorities on Sunday confirmed that 36 people were killed by the water-borne disease in Borno, local daily The Guardian reported on Monday, citing data from the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UNOCHA).

          A total of 3,126 cases of acute watery diarrhea (AWD) have been recorded in the two northeastern states of Borno and neighboring Yobe so far, according to the report...

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          • #35
            Source: https://www.worldbulletin.net/health...8-h206400.html


            Death toll from cholera outbreak rises to 68
            Total number of suspected cholera cases reported until Oct. 8 stands at 4,396 in northeastern Borno state, UN body says
            Health & Environment 10 Ekim 2018 ?arşamba 10:32

            Death toll in from a cholera outbreak in Nigeria?s northeastern Borno state has risen to 68, up from 36 reported in mid-September, a UN body said in a report on Tuesday.

            According to the report by the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the total number of suspected cholera cases reported until Oct. 8 stands at 4,396...

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            • #36
              Source: https://punchng.com/fresh-cholera-ou...five-in-gombe/

              Fresh cholera outbreak kills five in Gombe
              Published November 1, 2018

              Gombe State Government on Thursday said a fresh outbreak of cholera had killed five people, while 16 others were hospitalised at the Primary Health Centre, Kembu in Balanga Local Government Area of the state.

              The state Acting Epidemiologist, Dr Nuhu Bile, made this known to the News Agency of Nigeria in Gombe.

              Bile said that the cholera outbreak occurred in October.

              He said that the State Rapid Response team alongside World Health Organisation had visited the scene immediately it received news of the incident...

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              • #37
                Source: https://reliefweb.int/report/nigeria...-november-2018

                Situation Report of Cholera Outbreak in Borno State No. 63: 7th November 2018
                Report from Government of Nigeria
                Published on 07 Nov 2018

                ...Epidemiological Summary

                The total number of suspected cholera cases reported as at 7 th November 2018 stands at 5,845 with 73 associated deaths, (CFR ? 1.26%). 2266 in Jere, 1,392 in MMC, 340 in Magumeri, 34 in Kaga, 163 in Konduga, 136 in Chibok, 11 in Shani, 42 in Damboa, 1051 in Ngala, 90 in Askira-Uba, 161 in Kwaya-Kusar, 56 in Bama, 57 in Dikwa and 46 in Guzamala LGAs. No additional case reported from Magumeri, Askia/Uba, Kaga, Chibok, Dikwa, Shani, Damboa, Kwaya-Kusar and Bama LGAs...

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                Source: https://reliefweb.int/report/nigeria...-november-2018

                Yobe State Cholera Outbreak Situation Report No. 49: 7th November 2018
                Report from Government of Nigeria
                Published on 07 Nov 2018

                Epidemiological Summary:

                The total number of suspected cholera cases reported in Yobe state is 1,762 with 61 associated deaths (CFR 3.46%). In the state, 578 cases have been reported in Gulani LGA, 485 cases in Gujba LGA and 451 cases in Damaturu LGA. In Fune LGA, 181 cases were reported and 67 cases were reported in Potiskum LGA...

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                • #38
                  Source: http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/201..._129992298.htm

                  Nigerian cholera outbreak kills 175
                  Source: Xinhua| 2018-11-13 06:06:33|Editor: Mu Xuequan

                  ABUJA, Nov. 12 (Xinhua) -- The death toll in a cholera outbreak hitting at least three out of six of Nigeria northeastern states has risen to 175 as of early November, according to the Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC), an international humanitarian group on Monday.

                  Late September, the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs and local officials in Nigeria confirmed only 97 killed by the water-borne disease.

                  Following its recent findings, the NRC, while confirming the latest death toll in the northern city of Maiduguri, capital of Borno State, said 10,000 people were affected by the outbreak in Adamawa, Borno, and Yobe -- all in the northeast region...

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                  • #39
                    Source: https://www.upi.com/Top_News/World-N...6951542231135/

                    Nigeria cholera deaths spike more than tenfold over 2017
                    By Danielle Haynes

                    Nov. 14 (UPI) -- There have been 1,110 documented cholera deaths in 2018, more than 13 times higher than cholera deaths in the same time period in 2017, the Nigerian Centre for Disease Control said Wednesday.

                    The NCDC's weekly epidemiological report said there were 48,686 suspected cholera cases, 829 laboratory confirmed and 1,110 deaths across 29 states in the first 43 weeks of the year. During the same time period in 2017, there were 3,642 suspected cases and 84 deaths across 19 states.

                    In the 43rd week of 2018, there were 454 suspected cases, two lab confirmed and 30 deaths...

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                    • #40
                      Source: https://www.today.ng/news/nigeria/ch...anambra-181974


                      Cholera outbreak kills 17 in Anambra
                      By Okechukwu Maduabuchi -
                      December 24, 2018

                      No fewer than 17 persons have reportedly lost their lives in some Anambra State communities due to a disease outbreak suspected to be cholera.

                      The affected areas were in the Anambra West Local Government Area of the state. It was learnt that the affected communities included Igbedor, Nzam, Umuenwenum Anam and Ode.

                      Nine persons reportedly died of the disease in Igbedor, three in Nzam, three in Umuenwelum and two in Ode community...

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