Nigeria: 2016 Measles

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Source: http://www.punchng.com/measles-kills-five-in-oyo/

Measles kills five in Oyo
January 19, 2016
Olufemi Atoyebi,

The Oyo State Government has ordered the state Ministry of Health to begin emergency immunisation of children in the state after five persons were confirmed to have been killed by measles.

A source, who preferred anonymity because she was not authorised to speak on the matter, told our correspondent that all the deaths were recorded in the Sabo area of Ibadan...

 

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Source: http://www.vanguardngr.com/2016/02/measles-kill-20-children-in-sokoto/

Measles kill 20 children in Sokoto
On February 26, 201612:26 am

No fewer than 20 children have been killed by measles outbreak in 18 Local Government areas of Sokoto State in the last 23 days, a health official has revealed.
Dr. Sani Labaran, Executive Secretary, Sokoto State Primary Healthcare Development Agency, disclosed this in an interview in Sokoto, yesterday, describing the situation as an epidemic.
He said that the deaths were recorded out of the over 300 cases reported to hospitals and primary healthcare centres in the 244 wards across the state...

 

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Source: http://leadership.ng/news/508983/6-children-die-measles-whooping-cough-jigawa


Governor of Jigawa State, Muhammad Abubakar Badaru
6 Children Die Of Measles, Whooping Cough In Jigawa
By NAN
? Mar 13, 2016 10:55 pm

No fewer than six children under the ages of five died in an outbreak of measles and whopping cough in Sule-tankarkar Local Government Area of Jigawa.

Malam Mohammed Maisamari, Head of Department for Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) in the local council, confirmed the outbreak of the diseases in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Sunday in Sule-Tankarkar...

 

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Source: http://allafrica.com/stories/201604050878.html

5 April 2016
Daily Trust (Abuja)
Nigeria: Measles, Whooping Cough Casualties Not Six - Jigawa Govt
By Aliyu M. Hamagam

Dutse ? The Jigawa State Government has said only one child died in Suletankarkar local government area of the state as a result of outbreak of measles and whooping cough, but not six persons.

It was earlier reported by some national dailies that Maizare village recorded six under-five deaths following the outbreak of the child killer diseases in the LGA...

 

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Source: http://www.dailytrust.com.ng/news/general/measles-kills-6-in-maiduguri-idp-camp/155050.html

Measles kills 6 in Maiduguri IDP camp
By Shehu Abubakar | Publish Date: Jul 12 2016 4:44PM

An outbreak of measles at the ATC Internally Displaced Camp in Maiduguri killed six children while 22 people are affected.

Officials at the camp attribute the outbreak to congestion as the camp had over eight thousand IDPs when the disease broke out...

 

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Source: http://www.dailytrust.com.ng/news/g...strikes-77-idps-in-maiduguri-camp/155552.html

Measles outbreak strikes 77 IDPs in Maiduguri camp
By Shehu Abubakar, Maiduguri | Publish Date: Jul 16 2016 5:00AM

The number of children infected by measles at Maiduguri Arabic Teachers College (ATC) camp has increased from 22 two days ago to 77, though the death toll remains at 6, even as state officials are seen battling to make the environment where the infected children are kept habitable.

Chairman of the State Emergency Management Agency (SEMA), Engineer Ahmed Alhaji Satomi who confirmed that 77 children infected by measles are in the isolated block within the camp where they are undergoing medical treatment, said all the children are being screened...