Cholera

Presenrly, the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and prevention has declared cholera a public health emergency after its risk assessment showed the country is now at ‘High Risk’ of increased risk of cholera transmission and impact.…

Ekiti State Government has urged Ekiti residents to be on high alert and take precautionary measures to prevent the spread of cholera. This call was made after the publication of the Public Health Advisory by the Nigeria Centre for…

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) has listed Zamfara, Cross River, Adamawa and Ogun as states with the highest cholera cases in the country. NCDC’s Incident Manager, Cholera Technical Working Group,…

A total of 197 cases of cholera have been confirmed in South Africa with 43 deaths, the Department of Health said in a statement on Sunday. “The country has recorded a total cumulative number of 1,045 suspected cases of cholera…

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control has said Cholera can kill within hours if left untreated. The NCDC made this known in a post on its official Facebook page. The centre said reporting suspected cases of cholera early increases…