They cautioned against cholera patients arriving at the hospital after their time of need because this greatly raises the risk of death and other complications.
Dr. Jide Idris, the director-general of the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC), made this announcement in Abuja. Prof. Muhammad Ali Pate, the Coordinating...
The agency said on Monday that as of June 24, 2024, there had been 3,528 suspected cases of cholera and 53 deaths in 31 states and...
In order to stop the illness from spreading even further, Abayomi added, public health initiatives are concentrated in populated areas.
The impacted local government areas, according to the Commissioner, include Ado Odo/Ota, Remo North, Odeda, Sagamu, Ijebu North, Ewekoro, and Obafemi Owode.
Akin Abayomi revealed the news on his X handle on Saturday. He stated that as of June 20, 2024—24 hours after the state declared a rise...
SPF warned there was a particularly high risk of transmission in disadvantaged neighbourhoods “as long as access to drinking water and sanitation is unsatisfactory”.
How much will it cost to treat cholera? I don’t want to find out the hard way, because government is not present in our lives anymore....
Ogunyemi, while providing an update on the outbreak after meeting with members of the Lagos State Public Health Emergency Operations Centre (PHEOC), added that the death...
The request was made on Monday by Celine Lafoucrier, Chief of UNICEF Lagos Field Office, who said in a statement that the cholera epidemics had a...