Nigeria: Cholera 2013

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Cholera outbreak kills 7 in Kula Kingdom

"February 24, 2013

RESIDENTS of Kula Kingdom in Akuku-Toru Local Government Area of Rivers State have been thrown into mourning following an outbreak of cholera that lhas claimed the lives of at least seven children.

The development which has been recurrent in the oil-rich kingdom is due to lack of potable water and paucity of decent sanitary system. Kula Kingdom is dotted with oil wells and flow stations and is host community to five multi-national oil companies.

...?Big as Kula is, there is no hospital, no potable water, or good roads...".

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Nigeria: Cholera Outbreak Kills Five in Ogun
By Daud Olatunji, 25 July 2013

Abeokuta ? Five persons have reportedly lost their lives following an outbreak of Cholera in Abeokuta South and North local government areas of Ogun State.

The state government which confirmed the outbreak, however, claimed that only one person died as a result of poor hygiene on the part of the residents.

But, Vanguard findings revealed that, the incident was linked to a septic tank which spilled its content into major water sources in the area, thereby contaminating them...

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Cholera outbreak: 104 patients hospitalised

on July 27, 2013 / in News 12:16 am / Comments


By DAUD OLATUNJI Abeokuta
A traditional ruler in Ogun State name(withheld) and 103 residents of the State have been reportedly hospitalised following the recent outbreak of cholera in Abeokuta, the State capital.

But, the state government however, said the 104 cases recorded was as a result of gastroenteritis attributed to unhygienic condition of the affected areas and not cholera as being speculated .
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Ogun Confirms Outbreak Of Gastroenteritis
Posted by: Channels Television Posted date: July 26, 2013 In: Current, Health, Local | comment : 0 Comments and 0 Reactions
The Ogun state government, south west Nigeria and the state medical association have confirmed the outbreak of the gastroenteritis in some local government areas of the state.

Briefing journalists in Abeokuta, the state capital, the state commissioner for health, Olaokun Soyinka said Abeokuta south local government remained the most affected with 76 cases of the 104 cases reported.
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http://www.channelstv.com/home/2013/07/26/ogun-confirms-outbreak-of-gastroenteritis/

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Source: http://www.tribune.com.ng/news2013/i...f-cholera.html

Fear grips Abeokuta residents over outbreak of cholera

Written by Olayinka Olukoya - Abeokuta
Monday, 05 August 2013 00:00

Cholera is common during the rainy season and is intensified by water waste disposal issues and limited access to clean drinking water. The disease causes vomiting and diarrhoea that can result in dehydration. If not treated, it can be fatal.

Investigation had it that more than 260 people died of cholera in Nigeria in late 2009, no wonder, then that palpable fear has gripped residents of Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital, over the recent outbreak of cholera in some parts of the town, which has been reported to have claimed no fewer than 10 lives.

The epidemic, which spreads like wild fire, was first reported at the Sacred Heart Hospital, Lantoro, in Abeokuta South Local Government Area of the state...

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Ogun Disease Outbreak Contained
Article | August 5, 2013 - 5:29am


Following the decline in cases of gastroenteritis or diarrheal disease announced a week ago, The Ogun State Government has announced a continued drop in new cases of disease to virtually normal levels.

According to the Commissioner for Health, Dr. Olaokun Soyinka. "In the week up to Friday, August 2, the number of new cases averaged two cases daily down from a peak of 10 and no deaths have been reported. The outbreak was contained early and has not spread geographically..."

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Cholera outbreak claims 8 in Nigeria
September 5 2013 at 03:27pm
Lagos -

Cholera has killed eight people in southern Nigeria and ten others have been hospitalised, health officials said on Thursday, in the latest outbreak to hit the country following a heavy rainy season.

Nigeria suffered cholera epidemics during the rainy seasons of 2010 and 2011, with nearly 2 000 people killed over two years...

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Nigeria: Nasarawa Confirms Outbreak of Cholera
By Muhammad Ahmad, 13 September 2013

The Nasarawa State Government on Thursday confirmed the outbreak of cholera in the Akwanga local government area of the state.

This state Commissioner for Health, Emmanuel Akabe, said one person died of the disease while 18 others were hospitalized...

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Cholera outbreak: 2 die, 130 hospitalised in Bakura, Zamfara
Premium Times
Published: October 10,2013

A local government official in Zamfara confirmed the casualty.

A cholera outbreak has claimed two lives while more than 130 others are hospitalised in Rini Village and Bakura Town in the Bakura Local Government Area of Zamfara.

The Vice Chairman of the Local Government, Dandare Dakko, made the disclosure on Thursday while addressing the families of victims at a camp in Rini Village.

Mr. Dakko said that the outbreak affected 102 people in Rini Village and 32 students of the Government Science Secondary School, Bakura...

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Cholera Kills Eight, Hospitalises 61 in Plateau
Article | October 20, 2013 - 7:35pm | By Lara Adejoro

At least eight people have died and 61 hospitalized in Plateau State after an outbreak of cholera in Namu village of the Qua?pan Local Government Area, a community where people displaced by the violent crisis that broke out in the Obi Local Government Area of Nasarawa State live...

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Cholera Outbreak Claims Five in Sokoto
22 Oct 2013
By Mohammed Aminu


At least five people have been confirmed dead, following the outbreak of cholera in Barkeji village of Tambuwal Local Government Area of Sokoto State.

THISDAY checks Monday revealed that the incident occurred on Sunday, involving two males and three females ranging between the ages of 20 and 28 years...

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CHOLERA KILLED 30, NOT 8 IN NAMU -VILLAGE HEAD

Category: News Published on Wednesday, 23 October 2013 05:00 Written by Lami Sadiq, Jos Hits: 488
The recent cholera outbreak in Namu village, Quan Pan Local Government Area of Plateau State resulted in the death of 30 people, contrary to the eight deaths recently reported by medical authorities, community heads told Daily Trust yesterday.
Namu, a village along the state?s border with neighbouring Nasarawa which presently hosts over 6,000 displaced persons from the violent crisis in Obi Local government Area of Nasarawa State has been plagued by cholera from which the state government confirmed eight deaths and 61 hospitalized.
However, the acting District Head of the village, Alhaji Abubakar Sadiq, yesterday told Daily Trust that the numbers had been down-played and that most of those killed were women.
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http://dailytrust.info/index.php/news/8248-cholera-killed-30-not-8-in-namu-village-head?

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Cholera Outbreak: Three Die in Lagos
Article | October 23, 2013 - 10:35pm | By Mu'Sodiq Adekunle

The Lagos State Health Commissioner, Jide Idris confirmed that an outbreak of Cholera in Lagos has killed no fewer than three people.

Idris on Wednesday said that the worst affected areas in the state include Apapa, Ajegunle, Surulere, Oshodi, and Lagos Island.

Of the 13 reported cases, three deaths have been confirmed, Mr. Idris emphasised.

However, no fewer than eight people were confirmed dead in a cholera outbreak in Namu community of Qua?an Pan Local Government Area of Plateau State on Sunday...

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Plateau: Over 96 Persons Infected by Cholera, Says Govt
23 Oct 2013
By Seriki Adinoyi

Plateau State Government has confirmed that over 96 persons have been infected and hospitalized over cholera in Qua?npan local government area of the state, while nine persons have been lost so far to the outbreak of the disease in the state.

The state epidemiologist, Dr. Raymond Yuryit, who disclosed this Wednesday at Namu village in a chat with newsmen, added that the nine victims died as a result of poor management of the disease by health workers...

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Official: 536 Cholera Cases, 50 Deaths in Nigeria
KANO, Nigeria October 23, 2013 (AP)
Associated Press
Officials say an outbreak of cholera in Nigeria's northwest Zamfara state has infected 536 people and killed 50 in the past week.

Medical director of the state hospital, Dr. Labaran Anka, blamed contaminated water in rural areas that have no clean running water. Villagers rely on handmade ponds where animals and people share water.
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http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/official-536-cholera-cases-50-deaths-nigeria-20655606

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Cholera Hits 7 States, 80 Dead
Published on October 24, 2013 by pmnews

An outbreak of cholera, a disease that causes unrestrained stooling and vomitting, has hit Lagos and six other states in Nigeria, killing up to 80 citizens of the country in recent times.
The Government of Lagos State, western Nigeria, yesterday said it had recorded about 15 cases out of which three residents of the state had died of the disease.
Weeks ago, nine people died of the disease, which also infected 100 people in Namu Village in Plateau state, north-central Nigeria.
The disease killed 50 people in the northwestern state of Zamfara recently while eight deaths were recorded and 10 others hospitalised from the infection in Oyo state last month.
In Sokoto state five people died out of the nine people infected by the disease in Tambuwal Local Government Area this month. They were all aged between 27 and 30.
In July this year, five people were reported dead after being infected by the disease in Ogun state, western Nigeria.
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http://pmnewsnigeria.com/2013/10/24/cholera-hits-7-states-80-dead/