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Nigeria: Gastro-Entritis Kills 20 in Jigawa

Ronan Kelly

Retired 2020
Nigeria: Gastro-Entritis Kills Five in Katsina
Yusha'u a Ibrahim
12 August 2011

Katsina ? Five persons including a female student of Government Girls Secondary School, Mani have been comfirmed dead following the outbreak of Gastroenteritis, otherwise known as Cholera, in Katsina state.

Confirming the incident, the Primary Health care Coordinator of Dutsimma local government, Alhaji Muntari Lema said, four people died in Dutsimma Local Government Area.

Lema explained that two others lost their lives in Ruwan-Ganji village, the other two in Taka-Tsaba village, adding that twelve cases of the disease were detected in Taka-Tsaba and 17 in Ruwan-Ganji village respectively. Alhaji Muntari Lema said, about 30 people were infected in Dutsimma, saying most of them were treated and discharged.

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http://allafrica.com/stories/201108120027.html
 
Re: Nigeria: Gastro-Entritis Kills Five in Katsina

Re: Nigeria: Gastro-Entritis Kills Five in Katsina

Gastro-enteritis kills 20 in Jigawa
Villagers blame lack of portable water and health centres for the epidemic
Article | September 8, 2011 - 11:55am | By Ibrahim Bello
Twenty people have died from a disease outbreak suspected to be gastro-enteritis in four local government areas of Jigawa State, according to community leaders and health workers.

Villages in Ringim and Taura local government areas were among the worst hit.

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http://dailytimes.com.ng/article/gastro-enteritis-kills-20-jigawa
 
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