Nigeria recorded 23,550 suspected cases of cholera in 2022 with Borno taking the lead with 12,459 cases. The country also lost 583 lives to the scourge in 2022, Director-General of the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention, Dr Ifedayo…
As Nigerians celebrate the yuletide, the Federal Capital Territory Administration, FCTA, has heightened surveillance over its epidemiological situation, with increased focus on key diseases such as Cholera, Ebola, Monkeypox, meningitis, measles and COVID-19. Accordingly, the Epidemiological Division of the Public…
Anambra Government has expressed fear over possible outbreak of cholera and other infectious diseases in the state following devastating flood. Dr Chioma Ezenyimulu, the Executive Secretary, Anambra State Primary Healthcare Development Agency (ASPHCDA), raised the concern at a one-day media…
The International Coordinating Group (ICG) has temporarily suspend the standard two-dose vaccination regimen in cholera outbreak response campaigns, using instead a single-dose approach. In a statement issued on Wednesday, the group said the exceptional decision reflected the grave state of…
By Jethro Yerga, Jalingo The Speaker, Taraba State House of Assembly and Member representing Lau State Constituency, Rt. Hon. Prof. Joseph Albasu Kunini (MP), has raised alarm over outbreak of cholera epidemic in his constituency which has killed no fewer…
The Adamawa government on Thursday declared that the recent incidence of cholera is over in the state’s 21 Local Government Areas, according to Prof. Isa Abdullahi, the state’s Commissioner for Health. Abdullahi, who disclosed this at a news briefing in…
The National Economic Council (NEC) has called for continued precautions from Nigerians to prevent the spread of COVID-19, Lassa fever and cholera in the country. Gov. Godwin Obaseki of Edo briefed State House correspondents after the NEC meeting presided over…
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control says that 2,791 persons have died of cholera across 28 states and the Federal Capital Territory since the beginning of 2021. Director-General of NCDC, Dr. Chikwe Ihekweazu, told the newsmen in Abuja that a…
As cholera outbreaks have been reported in 22 states and the FCT this year, Oyo State on Friday, asked residents to live in hygienic environments to avoid the water-borne disease. This is contained in a statement issued in Ibadan by…
Following the outbreak of cholera in some parts of Nigeria, the Ogun State Government has called on residents to be wary of unhygenic practices capable of giving rise to infections and resulting in avoidable loss of lives. The State Commissioner…
