tetano
Editor, Senior Moderator
PERHAPS the late Afro -musician, Fela Anikulapo Kuti was right when he sang that water has no enemy. To him, whoever that dares the might of water, may be keeping a date with death.
True to his words, the abuse of water in Nigeria is currently giving many sleepless nights-no thanks to the failure of governments across the country to treat water sources. From the North to West, the wrath of water has resulted to harvest of deaths. And it seems that this death that is caused by cholera and gastroenteritis is not looking back, following its subsequent spread to South West of the country.
According to reports, the water borne disease first broke out in northern Nigeria.
This unrestricted death toll has created tension across the country.
It was gathered that the affected states are Jigawa, with 86 confirmed cases and six deaths; Bauchi, 1725 cases and 53 deaths; Gombe, 1188, 59; Yobe with 456 46; Borno has 1090 cases and 80 deaths; while Adamawa has about 986 cases with 56 dead.
Others are Taraba with 277 cases with 16 deaths; FCT has about 137 cases with two deaths; Cross River has 557 cases with 24 deaths; Kaduna has 12 cases with two deaths while Rivers has 81 confirmed cases with three deaths.
Although, this disease is not new to Nigerians, that it is spreading to other parts of the country has unsettled many.
Vanguard Features,VF, gathered that no fewer than 70 persons were hospitalised in Ile-Ife last week Friday following the outbreak of the disease.
Sadly, the reported case of the epidemic in Ile-Ife now add to the growing number of states that have been affected by the cholera scourge and is the first reported case in the southern part of Nigeria since the disease broke out recently in northern Nigeria.
?We are paying the price of government neglect,? opined an health expert.
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http://www.vanguardepaper.com/2010/09/08/cholera-outbreak-when-water-becomes-an-enemy/
True to his words, the abuse of water in Nigeria is currently giving many sleepless nights-no thanks to the failure of governments across the country to treat water sources. From the North to West, the wrath of water has resulted to harvest of deaths. And it seems that this death that is caused by cholera and gastroenteritis is not looking back, following its subsequent spread to South West of the country.
According to reports, the water borne disease first broke out in northern Nigeria.
This unrestricted death toll has created tension across the country.
It was gathered that the affected states are Jigawa, with 86 confirmed cases and six deaths; Bauchi, 1725 cases and 53 deaths; Gombe, 1188, 59; Yobe with 456 46; Borno has 1090 cases and 80 deaths; while Adamawa has about 986 cases with 56 dead.
Others are Taraba with 277 cases with 16 deaths; FCT has about 137 cases with two deaths; Cross River has 557 cases with 24 deaths; Kaduna has 12 cases with two deaths while Rivers has 81 confirmed cases with three deaths.
Although, this disease is not new to Nigerians, that it is spreading to other parts of the country has unsettled many.
Vanguard Features,VF, gathered that no fewer than 70 persons were hospitalised in Ile-Ife last week Friday following the outbreak of the disease.
Sadly, the reported case of the epidemic in Ile-Ife now add to the growing number of states that have been affected by the cholera scourge and is the first reported case in the southern part of Nigeria since the disease broke out recently in northern Nigeria.
?We are paying the price of government neglect,? opined an health expert.
...
http://www.vanguardepaper.com/2010/09/08/cholera-outbreak-when-water-becomes-an-enemy/