Nigeria: 2012 Cholera outbreaks

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Source: http://dailytimes.com.ng/article/cholera-kills-2-ekiti

Cholera kills 2 in Ekiti
Government embarks on sensitisation and vaccination programmes
Article | July 20, 2012 - 12:04am | By Funso Ajewole

Two persons have so far died from the cholera outbreak reported in Igbaraodo, Ekiti State, the Commissioner for Health, Prof. Olusola Fasuba, told journalists on Thursday.

He said that government had already conveyed vaccines to the affected community and the neighbouring Ilawe-Ekiti...

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Cholera breaks out in Jos as death toll from flood hits 47



There are fears of a possible cholera outbreak within the areas affected by floods in Jos, Plateau state.

A medical official of the Federation of Muslim Women Association in Nigeria in the state, Tawa Abdulrahama, on Tuesday disclosed that no fewer than 65 persons in various camps were being treated for dysentery and diarrhoea.

?There are already high cases of cholera among victims of the flood? she said.
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http://www.channelstv.com/home/2012/07/25/cholera-breaks-out-in-jos-as-death-toll-from-flood-hits-47/

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Source: http://tribune.com.ng/index.php/comm...askari-council


Cholera wreaks havoc in Faskari council
Wednesday, 12 September 2012

AN unspecified number of people are now on admission for treatment following an outbreak of cholera at Bakarya village in Faskari Local Government Area of Katsina State.

Alhaji Iro Bala, the council?s Primary Health Care Coordinator, who confirmed the report to the newsmen on Thursday, said that the outbreak was witnessed on Wednesday night...

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Cholera kills seven in Katsina

SEPTEMBER 10, 2012 BY MUSTAPHA SALIHU, KANO 1 COMMENT
Seven persons have been reported killed in a cholera outbreak in Katsina State.

Director, Epidiology and Disease Control in the state Primary Health Care Development Agency, Dr. A.T Hamza, said this when he received the Commissioner of Health, Alhaji Mohammed Nasidi, at Kurfi General Hospital on Friday.

He said about 77 people infected with the disease had been receiving treatment.
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http://www.punchng.com/news/cholera-kills-seven-in-katsina/

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Nigeria: Cholera Kills Pregnant Woman, Mother-in-Law in Osun - 42 Hospitalised
BY ABDUL-HAMEED OLAWALE, 22 NOVEMBER 2012

Osogbo ? A pregnant woman and her mother-in-law have been killed by cholera in Ede, Osun State while about 42 people have been hospitalized as a result of the outbreak of the disease.

The outbreak of cholera disease was recorded in Ede North and South local government areas of Osun state and is also said to have been responsible for the death of some other residents of the town.

A resident of the town, Alhaji Adefemi Sarafadeen who works with a Non-Governmental Organization known as Eminent Charitable and Humanitarian Foundation told Daily Trust that about 42 people have been placed on admission at various hospitals in the town.
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http://allafrica.com/stories/201211230349.html