Tag: Cholera Outbreak
Adamawa cholera: Experts identify contaminated water as major cause
Health officials handling the outbreak of Cholera in Mubi town of Adamawa have identified contaminated water as the major cause…
Cholera Outbreak: 42 new cases reported in Adamawa
The Director Public Health of Adamawa Ministry of Health, Dr Bwalki Dilli has said that the number of those infected…
Cholera: Borno Govt confirms 3 dead from fresh outbreak
No fewer than three persons died in fresh cholera outbreak in Kukawa Local Government area of Borno, the Commissioner for…
Cholera Outbreak: NCDC raises alarm over increased cases
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) on Tuesday raised an alarm over the increased cases of cholera outbreak in…
Cholera Outbreak: 40 Congolese killed in overcrowded Uganda refugee camps
A cholera outbreak in overcrowded refugee camps in Uganda has killed 40 people and infected more than 2,000 as health…
Cholera outbreak kills 13 in Yobe state
A cholera outbreak in Gashua, Yobe, has claimed 13 lives out of 160 cases reported in the last six days.…
Cholera: Zambia withdraws military personnel deployed to fight outbreak
Zambia has withdrawn military personnel deployed in December to help clean up the capital and other cities at the height…
Zambia seeks more money to contain cholera outbreak
The Zambian Government said that it needs more money to contain a cholera outbreak which started in October 2017.
Cholera: Zambia slum residents riot over ban on street vending to curb outbreak
Residents in a slum in Zambia’s capital on Friday rioted over a ban on street vending that was imposed to…
Cholera Outbreak: Zambia suspends passport issuance in capital
The Zambian Government on Tuesday placed a temporary suspension on issuance of passports and national identity cards in Lusaka, the…
Cholera Outbreak: Zambia declares curfew in Lusaka slum
The Zambian Government has declared a curfew in a poor Lusaka township badly affected by a cholera outbreak that has…
Cholera Outbreak Kills 795 In Somalia – UN
The UN said on Wednesday that an outbreak of cholera and acute diarrhea in Somalia has killed 795 people since…
Kenya issues cholera outbreak alert
Kenya’s Nairobi County on Thursday issued an alert over possible cholera outbreak across the city of Nairobi after five cases…
Cholera outbreak: LAWMA advocates cleaner environment
In the face of the recent outbreak of cholera in some parts of the state, Lagos Waste Management Authority (LAWMA)…
Breaking: Lagos records 6 deaths from cholera outbreak
Lagos State Government says it has recorded six deaths from cholera outbreak out of 45 cases in some communities in…