Cholera in Nigeria: 22,000 cases reported in first half of 2014
The cholera outbreak in Nigeria that has affected at least 17 states has sickened some 22,000 people during the first 5 1/2 months of 2014. According to a report in This Day Live today, Minister of Health, Prof. More...
Nigeria: Nearly 1,000 cholera cases reported in January
The large cholera outbreak that plagued the west Africa nation of Nigeria in 2013 appears to have continued its course during the first month of 2014, according to data published on Catholic Online Sunday. Image/CIA Based More...
Makurdi, Nigeria cholera outbreak kills at least 30
An outbreak of cholera in Makurdi, in Benue State has accounted in at least 30 deaths from the serious gastrointestinal disease, according to a report today in the Abuja news source, Leadership. Image/CIA Local More...
Cholera kills 11 in Nigeria’s Jigawa State
An outbreak of cholera in Nigeria’s Jigawa State has killed at least 11 people, health officials note, according to Premium Times report Thursday. Vibrio choleraeImage/CDC/ Janice Carr According to a statement More...
Nigeria: Kano State has reported 71 cholera deaths since November
Since the first cholera cases appeared in the northern Nigerian state of Kano, health officials have reported no less than 71 fatalities due to the bacterial disease, according to a This Day Live report Friday. According More...
Nigeria cholera outbreak grows: 1,623 cases and 86 deaths
The outbreak of cholera is growing and expanding in the west African country of Nigeria as the bacterial disease is being reported in higher numbers from more states. Vibrio choleraeImage/CDC/ Janice Carr According More...
Cholera spreads in Nigeria: Lagos, Plateau and Oyo states report the disease
In a follow-up to a report Tuesday concerning a cholera outbreak in Zamfara State in Nigeria, more cases and deaths are being reported from other areas of the West African nation. The OsunDefender reports that the More...
Nigeria: Zamfara cholera death toll up to 50
In a follow-up to an earlier report, the death toll due to the outbreak of cholera in Zamfara State in Nigeria has climbed to 50, according to the Nigerian news source, Leadership Tuesday. Vibrio cholerae on TCBS More...
Cholera outbreak reported in Zamfara State, Nigeria
At least 130 people hospitalized and two people have died in Zamfara State in northwestern Nigeria in a current cholera outbreak, according to a report in the Nigerian Bulletin. The outbreak has affected the areas More...
