The Borno Government has recorded two cases of cholera in one of the camps harbouring people displaced by flood in Maiduguri. The State Commissioner of Health, Prof. Baba Malum Gana, disclosed this on Monday while flagging-off an Oral Cholera, Measles Vaccination and Vitamin A supplementation in Maiduguri. He stated that another suspected four cases had…
The Kogi State Government has reaffirmed its commitment to maintaining a cholera-free environment statewide by unveiling comprehensive infection prevention measures as a proactive step against the disease. The Commissioner for Health, Abdulazeez Adams Adeiza, disclosed this in a statement released to journalists in Lokoja on Wednesday. He listed the decisive actions taken by the state…
In recent times people have been victims of this deadly disease. Many lives are reportedly lost as a result of this illness while others have been fixed to save their lives. Cholera is an infectious and often fatal bacterial disease of the small intestine typically contracted from infected water supplies and causing severe vomiting and…
As a result of the outbreak of Cholera, the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC), has called on all stakeholders in the food supply chain to take deliberate actions to institute a food safety culture in their operations. The Director General of NAFDAC, Prof Mojisola Adeyeye, said maintaining a safety culture…
