The Borno State government has confirmed two cholera cases at a camp in Maiduguri housing people displaced by floods. The state’s health commissioner,...
ByJoy ChukwuSeptember 23, 2024A cholera outbreak in Yola-North Local Government Area of Adamawa State has claimed four lives. Another 36 people have been hospitalised. The outbreak...
ByConfidence UbaniSeptember 15, 2024The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) has reported over 2,100 suspected cases of cholera throughout 33 states in Nigeria, with...
ByJoy ChukwuJuly 3, 2024The World Health Organisation (WHO) has reported 1,932 deaths and 194,897 cases worldwide due to a cholera outbreak. These figures cover the period from...
ByJoy ChukwuJune 21, 2024The Lagos State Government has announced that the total number of cholera cases in the state has risen to 401, with Lagos Island,...
ByJoy ChukwuJune 20, 2024Dr Jide Idris, the Director General of the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC), has stated that a state of emergency...
ByJoy ChukwuJune 20, 2024Cholera is rising, with 10 states contributing to 90 per cent of its burden, according to the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and...
ByJoy ChukwuJune 16, 2024The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has urged the government to provide clean, safe water to prevent cholera’s spread, reporting that recurring cholera...
ByJoy ChukwuJune 15, 2024The Oyo State Government has urged residents to be vigilant and adopt precautionary measures to prevent a potential cholera outbreak. Dr Oluwaserimi Ajetunmobi,...
ByJoy ChukwuJune 15, 2024Five people have died, and 60 others have been hospitalised due to severe gastroenteritis caused by cholera in the Eti Osa, Lagos Island,...
ByJoy ChukwuJune 12, 2024On Tuesday, Zambia began administering the oral cholera vaccine following a countrywide cholera outbreak. The authorities distributed some doses in Matero township in...
ByJoy ChukwuJanuary 18, 2024Cholera is on the loose in Zambia. Within the past 24 hours, 400 new cases with 18 deaths have been reported by the...
ByJoy ChukwuJanuary 12, 2024