Nigeria: 2018 Cholera

[Shiloh]

Source: http://www.plenglish.com/index.php?...lera-returns-to-nigeria-with-a-deadly-balance

Cholera Returns to Nigeria With A Deadly Balance

Abuja, Mar 5 (Prensa Latina) Two deaths from cholera were reported today in the Nigerian state of Bauchi (northeast), just over two months after an outbreak that caused 61 deaths last year.

The executive secretary of the Agency for the Development of Primary Health Care of Bauchi, Adamu Gamawa, confirmed the death during the weekend of two of the 20 people suffering from cholera in the metropolis, although he assured that all measures were taken to prevent the spread of the disease.

The State Rapid Response Team has begun surveillance in the 20 local government areas in the state...

 

[Shiloh]

Source: http://dailypost.ng/2018/03/15/cholera-outbreak-borno-govt-confirms-3-deaths/

Cholera outbreak: Borno govt confirms 3 deaths
Published on March 15, 2018
By Chijioke Jannah

The Borno State government has confirmed the death of three persons as a result of cholera disease outbreak in the state.

Commissioner of Health in the state, Dr Haruna Mshelia, disclosed this during an interview with newsmen in Maiduguri on Thursday.

According to him, 693 persons have been diagnosed with the disease in villages around the Lake Chad area of the state.

Mshelia noted that outbreak first occurred six weeks ago in Baga, Doro Baga, Bundiram and Kukawa villages while 77 samples were collected, out of which 69 confirmed suspicion that it was cholera.

He, however, said the state government has set up two treatment centres in Baga and Kukawa respectively to attend to all reported cases...

 

[Shiloh]

Source: https://www.today.ng/news/nigeria/99127/cholera-kills-bauchi-college-student-three-hospitalised


Cholera kills Bauchi college student, three hospitalised
By
Josh La?ah -
March 22, 2018

There was panic at the College of Education, Kangere, Bauchi State, on Wednesday, following an outbreak of cholera which killed one student.

Commissioner for Health in the state, Dr. Zuwaira Hassan, confirmed to newsmen in a telephone interview, on Thursday, that 19 cases of Cholera was recorded at the College, of which 15 students are well and have been discharged.

Hassan disclosed that three students are currently on admission at the Cholera Treatment Centre in Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University Teaching Hospital, (ATBUTH), Bauchi, due to the outbreak, while one person- a 22 year male- has died.

Public Relations Officer of the College, Bala Baban Kawu, confirmed the identity of the deceased in a telephone interview with our correspondent...

 

[Shiloh]

Source: http://menafn.com/1096645992/Cholera-kills-9-in-Nigeria

Cholera kills 9 in Nigeria
Date
3/23/2018 9:26:06 PM

(MENAFN - Trend News Agency ) Nine deaths have been recorded following an outbreak of cholera in Nigeria's northeastern state of Bauchi, local authorities confirmed on Friday, Xinhua reported.

A total of 324 cases of cholera have been confirmed so far across five districts in the state, local officials said.

The State Commissioner for Health Zuwaira Hassan told Xinhua that a cholera isolation center has been set up to care for the patients.

According to Hassan, the facility is now active, with at least 26 patients admitted...

 

[Shiloh]

Source: https://www.dailytrust.com.ng/559-hospitalised-in-bauchi-cholera-outbreak-msf.html

559 hospitalised in Bauchi cholera outbreak?MSF
By Judd-Leonard Okafor, | Publish Date: Mar 29 2018 8:10PM

A total 559 people in Bauchi have been hospitalized since an outbreak of cholera in February, says the international medical humanitarian organization Doctors Without Borders (MSF).

At least 243 patients were admitted to a 70-bed cholera treatment centre the group set up at Abubakar Tafawa Balewa Teaching Hospital since February 19 in response to the outbreak.

Some 183 have been treated and discharged from the centre; three died from cholera...

 

[Shiloh]

Source: https://allafrica.com/stories/201804010026.html


31 March 2018
Daily Trust (Abuja)
Nigeria: Cholera Outbreak Kills 6 in Yobe
By Hamisu Kabir Matazu

Damaturu ? At least six people have been killed and 62 others hospitalised in an outbreak of cholera in Yobe state.

the General Hospital Gashua in Bade local government area is being used to treat peatients.

Yobe health commissioner Bello Kanuwa confirmed to Daily Trust that "cases of Diarrhea and vomiting have been reported to us.

"We are still working on the details," he said...

 

[Shiloh]

Source: https://theeagleonline.com.ng/cholera-outbreak-claims-13-lives-in-yobe/

Cholera outbreak claims 13 lives in Yobe
The source said that the victims were brought in from Sabon Gari, Katuzu, Zango, Lawan Musa and Sarkin Hausawa, which were among the areas worst affected by the outbreak.
By The Eagle Online On Apr 4, 2018

A cholera outbreak in Gashua, Yobe, has claimed 13 lives out of 160 cases reported in the last six days, the News Agency of Nigeria reports.
A source at the Gashua General Hospital told NAN that five deaths were first recorded while eight lives were later lost to the disease.
The source said that the victims were brought in from Sabon Gari, Katuzu, Zango, Lawan Musa and Sarkin Hausawa, which were among the areas worst affected by the outbreak.
Meanwhile, the State Government has despatched a Rapid Response Team to contain the outbreak and spread of the disease...

 

[Shiloh]

Source: https://thewhistler.ng/story/cholera-claims-37-as-bauchi-records-highest-number-of-cases/

Cholera Claims 37 As Bauchi Records Highest Number Of Cases
Nigeria
By Ating Enwongo On Apr 10, 2018

No fewer than 2,000 cholera cases have been reported in nine states, with Bauchi having the highest number of outbreaks with 932 reported cases in 2018.

This was disclosed on Tuesday by Dr Adesola Ogunleye, Cholera Technical Working Group of the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), during the Water Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) Emergency Working Group meeting in Abuja...

 

[Shiloh]

Source: https://www.concisenews.global/2018/04/13/cholera-kills-three-in-fresh-outbreak-in-borno/


Cholera Kills Three In Fresh Outbreak In Borno
By Olugbenga Ige -
April 13, 2018

The Borno state Commissioner for Health, Dr Haruna Mshelia, has said that no fewer than three persons have died in fresh cholera outbreak in Kukawa Local Government area of the state.

Mshelia made the disclosure when the Director General, World Health Organization (WHO), Dr Tedros Ghebrayesus, visited the WHO?s Emergency and Response Centre on Friday in Maiduguri.

He said that about 700 cases of cholera were recorded in Baga, Doron Baga and Kukawa in the past weeks...

 

[Shiloh]

Source: https://www.thisdaylive.com/index.p...tbreak-kills-12-over-100-infected-in-adamawa/


Cholera Outbreak Kills 12, over 100 Infected in Adamawa
May 23, 2018 6:38 pm 23
Daji Sani in Yola

The Medical Director of Mubi General Hospital in Adamawa State, Dr. Ezra Sakawa, Wednesday confirmed that 12 people are dead as a result of a cholera outbreak and over 100 others might have been infected by the disease.

He said so far, 12 people have lost their lives to the disease and many more are infected, adding that if something is not done fast many would not survive the epidemic.

According to him, ?We have little medical personnel to deal with an outbreak of this magnitude because nurses are on strike.?...

 

[Shiloh]

Source: https://theeagleonline.com.ng/mubi-cholera-434-cases-recorded-13-deaths/

13 die, 434 cases recorded in Adamawa cholera outbreak
The Information Officer of the Ministry, Abubakar Muhammed, confirmed the number, via a statement he issued on Sunday in Yola.
By The Eagle Online On May 27, 2018 Last updated May 27, 2018

The Adamawa Ministry of Health has confirmed that the cases of cholera outbreak in Mubi have risen to 434 with 13 deaths.
The Information Officer of the Ministry, Abubakar Muhammed, confirmed the number, via a statement he issued on Sunday in Yola.
The statement reads: ?Total number of cases reported from Mubi North and Mubi South Local Government Areas as at 26th May, 2018 stand at 434 cases with 13 deaths.
?While the Case Fatality Rate is 3.0 per cent; Mubi North has 211 cases and 7 deaths equivalent to 3.3 per cent case fatality rate...

 

[Shiloh]

Source: https://www.today.ng/news/nigeria/death-toll-rises-18-mubi-cholera-outbreak-120239


Death toll rises to 18 in Mubi from cholera outbreak
By Yemisi Adeolu -
June 6, 2018

The death toll following the cholera outbreak in Mubi, Adamawa State, has risen from 16 to 18, the Incident Manager, Kabiru Sadiq, has said.

Speaking with newsmen in Mubi Wednesday, Sadiq said that 1,076 people had been diagnosed with the disease through house-to-house search and chlorination organised by the World Health Organisation (WHO) to mitigate the spread of the disease to other towns and villages across the state...

 

[Shiloh]

Source: http://www.healthnews.ng/nigeria-cholera-outbreak-ends-in-yobe-with-404-cases-and-16-deaths/


Nigeria: Cholera outbreak ends in Yobe with 404 cases and 16 deaths
Poor sanitation, hygiene and human waste disposal are complicating efforts to control cholera outbreaks in Nigeria
by Paul Adepoju
June 12, 2018

Dust has not yet settled even though cholera outbreak is over in Yobe state

The government of Yobe state in northern Nigeria has announced the end of the cholera outbreak that has ravished the state since March 2018.

According to the state government, the cholera outbreak has ended across the state. During the outbreak, a total of 404 cases were reported in 5 local government areas. The outbreak also claimed a total of 16 deaths.

The outbreak was first reported in Gashua town, Bade Local Government Areaon March 28, 2018. According to the government, the outbreak?s case fatality ratio was 3.7%.

In his remark, Dr. Bello Muhammad Kawuwa, Yobe state Commissioner for Health and Human Services, said the announcement of the end of the outbreak was made since no new case was reported in the last 21 days...

 

[Shiloh]

Source: https://www.blueprint.ng/19-fresh-cholera-cases-adamawa/


19 fresh cholera cases in Adamawa
June 12, 2018 Agi Onda .Abuja Health 0

Adamawa state Ministry of Health has confirmed 19 new cases of cholera in Mubi North and Mubi South local government areas.

A statement issued yesterday by the Information Officer of the ministry, Mohammed Abubakar, said that 16 of the new cases were recorded in Mubi South, while three were reported in Mubi North...

 

[Shiloh]

Source: https://www.thisdaylive.com/index.php/2018/06/14/cholera-outbreak-five-die-30-hospitalised-in-kogi/


Cholera Outbreak: Five Die, 30 Hospitalised in Kogi
June 14, 2018 2:03 am

Five persons have been killed, while 30 others were hospitalised at the Federal Medical Centre in Lokoja, Kogi State, following an outbreak of cholera in Lokoja, the state capital.

When contacted, the Sole Administrator of one of the local government areas in the state, Hon. Lawal Shiru, said he could not confirm the casualty figure...

 

[Shiloh]

Source: http://thenationonlineng.net/cholera-10-confirmed-dead-niger/


Update on Cholera: 10 confirmed dead in Niger
Posted By: Justina Asishana - Minna On: June 18, 2018 In: Health

The Council Secretary of Bida local Government Council in Niger state, Suleiman Sheshi has confirmed that 10 person?s have been confirmed dead in the outbreak of cholera in the local government council.

He also disclosed that 60 cases have been confirmed to be recorded at the Umaru Sanda General Hospital in Bida...

 

[Shiloh]

Source: http://dailypost.ng/2018/06/25/3-pupils-die-27-others-hospitalized-cholera-outbreak-hits-gombe/

3 pupils die, 27 others hospitalized as cholera outbreak hits Gombe
Published
on June 25, 2018
By Ameh Comrade Godwin

At least three pupils have lost their lives and 27 others hospitalized in a fresh cholera outbreak at Tsangaya Islamic school, Madaki, in Gombe State. The State Commissioner of Health, Dr. Kennedy Ishaya, confirmed the outbreak to newsmen in Gombe on Sunday during an inspection visit to Madaki Primary Health Care facility where the victims are hospitalized.

 

[Shiloh]

Source: https://www.vanguardngr.com/2018/07/cholera-outbreak-kills-11-in-katsina/


Cholera outbreak kills 11 in Katsina On July 1, 20187:09 pm
By Bashir Bello

KATSINA ? No fewer than 11 persons were said to have been killed by cholera outbreak which struck and affected six local government areas of Katsina State.

Information reliably gathered revealed that five out of the 11 persons died in Funtua LG while the remaining six died in Kusada LG and as a result of the outbreak.

Although when contacted, the State Commissioner of Health, Mariatu Bala Usman confirmed the incidence in Kusada but advised our reporter to contact the Executive Secretary, State Primary Health Care Development Agency, Dr. Idris Muhawiya...

 

[Shiloh]

Source: https://www.tv360nigeria.com/cholera-outbreak-adamawa-records-1564-cases-in-2018/


Cholera outbreak: Adamawa records 1,564 cases in 2018
By Okponyia OnyedikachiJul 04, 2018, 17:44 pm

The Director of Disease Control Department (DCD), Amos Ujulu, Adamawa State Primary Health Care Development Agency (ASPHCDA), says the state has recorded 1,564 cases of cholera this year.

Ujulu disclosed this during his presentation on the recent outbreak of cholera to the State Executive Council Meeting in Yola.

He said that over 100 communities were affected by the outbreak of cholera in the northern part of the state.

He listed the affected local government areas as Maiha, Mubi North and Mubi South, adding that the disease further spread to some parts of Cameroon bordering Nigeria.

According to him, the state had established a cholera emergency response secretariat in Maiha for quick response to its outbreak in the area...

 

[Shiloh]

Source: https://www.dailytrust.com.ng/nearl...ted-to-be-cholera-this-year-alone-261771.html

Nearly 10,000 cases suspected to be cholera this year alone
By Judd-Leonard Okafor | Publish Date: Jul 19 2018 7:50PM

Only 275 have been confirmed as cholera in laboratory testing and 141 people have died so far across 92 local government areas in 21 states.

This time last year, only 669 cases suspected to be cholera were reported, and 17 people had died across 25 local government areas in 13 states.

In the first week of July alone, laboratory testing showed 22 infections positive for cholera out of a total 744 reported cases in 11 states.

Fourteen people have died from cholera in the first week of July alone, epidemiological records from the NCDC show.

Both the NCDC and World Health Organisation have warned of the epidemic growing wider and further with rains, if it isn?t contained quickly...