Tag: Cholera
Cholera resurfaces in Yobe, kills 61
Yobe government on Friday confirmed 906 fresh cases of cholera with 61 deaths and 50 others still on admission in…
Cholera: Zimbabwe declares state of emergency – WHO
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has reported that the Government of Zimbabwe has declared a state of emergency following a…
Cholera outbreak: Zimbabwean police ban public gatherings
Zimbabwean police have banned public gatherings in the capital Harare following a cholera outbreak that has killed 21 people and…
Cholera: UN Agency seeks urgent intervention, records 680 cases in Borno
The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UN OCHA) has called for urgent and strengthened interventions following…
Cholera: FCTA cautions against open defecation
The Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) has warned residents to desist from open defecation to prevent cholera in the territory.
Cholera: FCTA warns residents against open defecation
The Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) on Thursday warned residents in the territory to desist from open defecation to prevent…
Cholera kills 28 in Kano in seven months
The Kano State Government says it has recorded 400 suspected cases of acute watery diarrhea with 50 confirmed cases of…
Cholera kills 7 in 4 FCT communities
The Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) has said that seven deaths had been recorded from the outbreak of cholera in…
Cholera: More deaths recorded in Kano as govt officials keep mum
More deaths have been reported from cholera outbreak in Gwarzo Local Government Area of Kano State, as government officials kept…
Cholera claims 186 lives in 6 months – NCDC
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) says Cholera has claimed 186 lives across the country in the last six…
Cholera: Bauchi, UNICEF construct boreholes, latrines in schools
The Bauchi State Government in collaboration with United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has constructed 10 boreholes and six blocks of…
5 die of cholera in Katsina
No fewer than five persons have lost their lives and 50 others hospitalised over suspected outbreak of cholera in Funtua…
Cholera: NGO task Nigerians on clean environment
Food Hygiene Initiative of Nigeria (FHIN), an NGO, has called on Nigerians to keep their environment clean to prevent cholera…
Cholera: Niger confirms 3 new suspected cases
The Niger Ministry of Health and Hospital Management, on Tuesday confirmed three new suspected cases of cholera at Bida General…
Adamawa records 12 new cholera cases
No fewer than 12 new cholera cases have been recorded in Adamawa, the State Government announced on Thursday in Yola.