Ronan Kelly
Retired 2020
Cholera claims 1,900 lives in West African countries in 2010
English.news.cn 2010-12-11 18:40:33
ABUJA, Dec. 11 (Xinhua) -- Cholera was responsible for some 1, 900 deaths in eight West African countries this year, Nigeria's Minister of Health Onyebuchi Chukwu has announced.
Chukwu made this known on Friday in Abuja at the Second Extraordinary Assembly of Health Ministers of Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), adding that meningitis disease also accounted for 1,720 deaths since January 2010.
He called for maximum cooperation among ECOWAS stakeholders to enhance the fight against epidemic-prone diseases, which had prevailed in the West African region.
continues at; http://news.xinhuanet.com/english2010/health/2010-12/11/c_13645234.htm
English.news.cn 2010-12-11 18:40:33
ABUJA, Dec. 11 (Xinhua) -- Cholera was responsible for some 1, 900 deaths in eight West African countries this year, Nigeria's Minister of Health Onyebuchi Chukwu has announced.
Chukwu made this known on Friday in Abuja at the Second Extraordinary Assembly of Health Ministers of Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), adding that meningitis disease also accounted for 1,720 deaths since January 2010.
He called for maximum cooperation among ECOWAS stakeholders to enhance the fight against epidemic-prone diseases, which had prevailed in the West African region.
continues at; http://news.xinhuanet.com/english2010/health/2010-12/11/c_13645234.htm