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July 4, 2024 NCDC Give Cholera Updates, as Death Toll hits 63
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NCDC Give Cholera Updates, as Death Toll hits 63

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention – NCDC has revealed that Nigeria has recorded over 2,100 suspected cases of Cholera outbreak across 33 states of the federation.

 

According to the centre, this marks a significant increase from the 1,579 cases reported just a week ago, highlighting the rapid spread of the disease.

 

Briefing journalists on the measures deployed against the outbreak, the NCDC Director General, JIDE IDRIS put the case fatality rate at 3.0 percent, noting that the cases were recorded as of June 30th, 2024.

 

According to IDRIS, Lagos, Bayelsa, Abia, Zamfara, Bauchi, Katsina, Cross River, Ebonyi, Rivers and Delta State contributed about 90 per cent of the cases.

 

The Director General identified inadequate toilet facilities, poor sanitation and inadequate safe water as factors militating against cholera eradication in the country, adding that the recently activated National Cholera Multisectoral Emergency Operation Centre (EOC) is providing strategic coordination.

July 1, 2024 Lagos to Receive WHO Support as it Battles Cholera in KiriKiri Prison
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Lagos to Receive WHO Support as it Battles Cholera in KiriKiri Prison

The Lagos State Government has said it is receiving additional support from the World Health Organisation – WHO, as it now battles an outbreak of Cholera at the Kirikiri prison.

A statement released by the Director, Public Affairs, TUNBOSUN OGUNBANWO, quoted the Lagos State Commissioner for Health, Professor AKIN ABAYOMI, as saying an outbreak of 25 cases of severe gastroenteritis caused by Cholera occurred at Kirikiri Medium Security Prison, adding that urgent medical and environmental intervention measures have been implemented with success.

Professor ABAYOMI while providing further updates on the cholera outbreak following the One Health Inter-governmental agency strategic meeting, revealed that although no new cholera-related deaths have been reported in the last 72 hours, the government was intensifying countermeasures to completely eliminate transmission.

June 28, 2024 UK Doctors Begin Strike over State of the National Health Service
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UK Doctors Begin Strike over State of the National Health Service

Junior hospital doctors in England have begun a five-day strike, a week before a general election citing the state of the publicly funded National Health Service as the major issue.

 It follows nearly a dozen similar actions by doctors below the specialist, consultant level over the last 18 months.

 The NHS is grappling with a massive backlog caused by the Covid-19 pandemic and exacerbated by the repeated doctors’ strikes. As well as delays to operations and starting cancer treatment, an increasingly dissatisfied public also face long waits to see a doctor at their local surgery.

The doctors have been asking for 35 percent “pay restoration” as a starting position amid a cost-of-living crisis.

June 26, 2024 Akwa Ibom State Government Preach Practices Against Cholera
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Akwa Ibom State Government Preach Practices Against Cholera

The Akwa Ibom state Government has highlighted the preventive measures that should be followed in order to avoid cholera in the state.

 This is coming on the heels of the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control – NCDC revealing that as of24th June 2024, a total of 1,528 suspected cases and 53 deaths were recorded across 31 states.

 Ensuring that cholera is avoided in Akwa Ibom State, the Commissioner for Health, Prof. AUGUSTINE UMOH,in a Release, called on everyone to keep their environment clean and also ensure a personal hygiene.

 The commissioner also advised the people to drink only safe water including boiled or disinfected water,  eat food that is completely cooked and hot, wash fruits and vegetables before eating and preferably eat only those that can be peeled as well as avoid open defecation.

 Meanwhile, speaking with INSPIRATION FM Newsthe director of Health promotion, Akwa Ibom state primary health development agency, Mrs. MAGARET ETIM urged citizens to adopt preventive measures so as to be safe from the disease.

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