Nigeria: 2014 Cholera outbreaks

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Fresh Cholera Outbreak In Kano Kills 25
Posted by: Channels Television Posted date: January 02, 2014 In: Local | comment : 0 Comments

At least 22 adults and three children have been confirmed dead while some 600 others are infected following a fresh cholera outbreak in Kano State in north western Nigeria.

An epidemiologist with the state’s Infectious Diseases Hospital (IDH), Dr. Tijjani Hussaini, told journalists that the three children died at the early hours of Thursday...


Link to 2013 thread: http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/showthread.php?t=200863

 

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Source: http://www.thisdaylive.com/articles/71-lives-lost-to-cholera-outbreak-in-kano/168503/


71 Lives Lost to Cholera outbreak in Kano
10 Jan 2014
By Ibrahim Shuaibu

The Project Director of the Nigerian Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) in the Federal Ministry of Health, Professor AbdulSalam Nasidi disclosed on Friday that no fewer than 71 people have died since the first cases of outbreak of Cholera reported on November 6th, 2013 in Kano state...

 

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Cholera Outbreak kills 11 in Jigawa
Discussion in 'Health News' started by Lequte, Today at 3:12 PM.

No fewer than 11 persons were killed by cholera outbreak in Jigawa, the state commissioner for health Dr Abubakar Tafida, has said.

This is contained in a statement signed by Malam Mati Ali, the Public Relations Officer in the state Ministry of Health on Thursday in Dutse.

The statement said that a total of 153 cholera cases were reported in the state from Jan, 1 to date.

It added that only four people died at the hospital while the remaining seven died at home.

The statement said that the cholera cases were reported in Taura, Birnin Kudu, Garki, Ringim, Babura and Gwaram local government areas of the state...

 

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Source: http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/africa/2014-01/20/c_133057538.htm


Cholera outbreak in Nigeria's northern state under control
English.news.cn 2014-01-20 07:55:45

LAGOS, Jan. 19 (Xinhua) -- Nigeria's northwest Kano state government on Sunday said cholera outbreak, which killed at least 71 people in the state, has been under control.

The outbreak of the disease was completely under control with drastic reduction of victims across the state, said the Commissioner for Health, Abubakar Labaran...

 

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Nigeria: Cholera Outbreak Kills Three in Kebbi
By Yahya Sarki, 26 January 2014

Cholera outbreak in Koko/ Besse local government area of Kebbi State has led to the death of three people and several others hospitalised.

Chairman of the local government, Alh Aliyu Buhari Koko disclosed this to journalists during a tour of the local government...

 

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Nigeria: Fresh Cholera Outbreak Kills 30 in Makurdi
By Solomon Ayado, 4 February 2014

No fewer than 30 persons including children and nursing mothers have reportedly died following a fresh cholera outbreak in Makurdi, the Benue State capital.

This is even as scores of persons are hospitalised in various hospitals in Wadata, Wurukum and High Level areas of the town while others continue to stool and vomit relentlessly...

 

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Source: http://www.thisdaylive.com/articles/cholera-kills-20-in-benue/170482/


Cholera Kills 20 in Benue
04 Feb 2014
By George Okoh


About 20 persons, including women and children have died, following a fresh cholera outbreak in Makurdi, the Benue State capital.
The epidemic had also left about 300 persons hospitalised across several hospitals in the state capital...

 

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Cholera outbreak: 6 die in Benue

NAN 4 hours ago
Benue State government on Tuesday said six people in the state have died from cholera and 193 other diagnosed with the disease.

The Permanent Secretary, Benue State Ministry of Health and Human Services, Dr Jonathan Kwaghtsule, said this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN).

"We have so far recorded 6 deaths from the outbreak, while 36 patients are currently on admission in seven hospitals in Makurdi.

"A total of 193 persons have been admitted since the outbreak. Some have been treated and discharged, while others are responding to treatment.
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http://news.ng.msn.com/national-news/cholera-outbreak-6-die-in-benue

 

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Source: http://www.dailytimes.com.ng/article/again-cholera-kills-8-benue

Again, Cholera Kills 8 In Benue
Article | February 7, 2014 - 2:19pm | By Augustine Aminu

The Benue Government on Friday said that the cholera outbreak recorded in the state a few days had claimed eight lives.

The Commissioner for Health and Human Services in the state, Dr Orduen Abunku, made the announcement while speaking to newsmen in Makurdi. Abunku said that 240 people had been diagnosed with the disease and were currently being treated...

 

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Nigeria reports new cholera deaths after surge in 2013
Source: Thomson Reuters Foundation - Fri, 7 Feb 2014 06:02 PM
Author: Misha Hussain

DAKAR (Thomson Reuters Foundation) ? A cholera outbreak across Nigeria has killed 24 people and infected 952 in the first four weeks of 2014, following a surge in cases last year, according to the Ministry of Health.

The number of cholera cases went up more than tenfold in the West African country in 2013. There were 597 cases and 18 deaths in 2012 compared to 6,600 cases and 229 deaths last year, according to the latest government epidemiological report.

Kano State was the worst affected at the beginning of 2014 with 234 cases and 12 deaths. Neighbouring Bauchi state, which had reported five cases in early January, reported an additional 237 cases in the last week of the month as the disease spread...

 

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Cholera Epidemic Claims 30 Within a Week in Benue
15 Feb 2014
George Okoh

The recent outbreak of Cholera in Benue State has worsened leading to the death of over 30 persons in the space of one week.
The epidemic which claimed over 20 lives last week has continued to ravage the state despite efforts by Benue health officials to bring it under control...

 

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Source: http://www.dailytimes.com.ng/article/cholera-outbreak-four-die-113-hospitalised-plateau

Cholera Outbreak: Four Die, 113 Hospitalised in Plateau
Article | April 3, 2014 - 5:43pm | By Lara Adejoro

No fewer than four people have been reported dead and 113 others hospitalised in fresh cholera outbreak in Bassa and Jos North local government areas of Plateau State.

A recent outbreak in Namu in Qua?an Pan local government area of the state killed more than 30 people with hundreds hospitalised...

 

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Cholera outbreak claims 54 lives in Bauchi- NAN
April 10, 2014 21:42:50pm GMT

Dr. Sani Malami, Bauchi State Commissioner for Health on Thursday said cholera outbreak recorded across the state in the last two months, had resulted in the death of no fewer than 54 persons.

Malami told journalists in Bauchi that the victims died at home because they were not taken to the hospital for medical attention.

He however said that the situation had been brought under control through the quick intervention of the state government...

 

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Daily Trust (Abuja)
Nigeria: Cholera Ravages Nigeria
12 April 2014

Abuja, Jos, Sokoto, Gusau and Bauchi ? ... kills over 100 since January

A new wave of cholera epidemic blowing across the country may have claimed hundreds of lives since January and does not seem to be abating anytime soon with the onset of the rainy season, Weekly Trust findings reveal.

The Nigerian Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has confirmed an outbreak of the infectious disease in 14 states, where it said 9,006 cases were reported, with 106 deaths in the first quarter of 2014, adding that the situation was not this critical last year.

But state health officials say the casualty figures for the last three months could be much higher as some deaths that happened outside health facilities, which are many, are not officially reported, while many others do not even know the cause of death...

 

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Leadership (Abuja)
Nigeria: Cholera Outbreak Kills 20 in Plateau
By Achor Abimaje, 6 May 2014

At last 20 people have been feared killed while 32 are currently hospitalised following a Cholera outbreak in Barkin town of Barkin Ladi local government, Plateau State.

A member of the community confided in LEADERSHIP that 20 people had so far lost their lives as a result of the outbreak...

 

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FG: Nigeria Records 22,347 Accumulated Cholera Cases, 288 Deaths in 2014
18 Jun 2014
Adebiyi Adedapo

The Minister of Health, Prof. Onyebuchi Chukwu, has disclosed that cholera outbreak were reported in 17 states of the federation between January and June this year, putting the number of accumulated cases at 22,347.

Chukwu also said 288 people lost their lives to the endemic disease within the same period.

The minister made these known yesterday in Abuja at the opening ceremony of a three-day national workshop on water sanitation, organised by the Nigerian Water and Sanitation Association( NIWASA)...

 

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Daily Trust (Abuja)
Nigeria: Four Siblings, Two Others Die of 'Cholera' in Plateau
By Hassan Ibrahim, 14 July 2014

Jos ? Four children of same parents and two others have died while several others are said to have been affected by an outbreak of a disease suspected to be cholera in Dangi town, Kanam Local Government Area of Plateau State.

Deputy Chairman of Kanam Local Government Area, who is also the Supervisory Counselor for Health, Umar Yakubu Albura, told newsmen at the weekend in Jos, that "The recent outbreak of cholera in Kanam has become a source of worry to the health department of the local government, because three days ago, four children of one family and two other adults died of cholera and many others are already affected"...

 

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Source: http://leadership.ng/news/378396/cholera-kano-govt-sends-medical-team-affected-community


Cholera: Kano Govt. Sends Medical Team To Affected Community
NAN
? Jul 20, 2014

The Kano Government said on Sunday that it had sent a medical team to Kafin Dalawa village in Tudun Wada Local Government Area of the state to assess the outbreak of cholera in the area.

The Commissioner for Health, Dr Abubakar Labaran, disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Kano on Sunday...

 

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Source: http://www.samaa.tv/health/21-Jul-2014/cholera-kills-six-in-northern-nigeria

Cholera kills six in northern Nigeria
05:53 Jul 21, 2014

KANO: A cholera outbreak in northern Nigeria's Kano State has killed six people and infected scores, the state health commissioner said Sunday, although a local charity put the toll higher.

"Six people died out of the 46 cases recorded," Abubakar Labaran Yusuf told AFP of the outbreak this week in Kafin Dalawa village, 70 kilometres (43 miles) outside the state capital of Kano...

 

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Nigeria cholera outbreak infects over 300 and kills 7 people
By Karen Graham
55 mins ago in Health
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A cholera outbreak that started over the past weekend in Northwest Kano state has spread to 11 local councils, according to Bello Abubakar of the state ministry of health. The health Minister has stressed the need for people to use clean water only...