The Niger state government has organized an advocacy campaign to persuade people especially in the rural communities to reduce public defecation ,and also how to curtail the spread of deadly diseases among them as it announces a cholerea outbreak claiming the lives of over 150 people across the 25 Local government areas of the state.
The commissioner for health and hospital services in the state, Dr. Mohammed Makun Sidi stated this during a workshop organized by the pathfinder international in Minna the Niger state capital .
Dr. Sidi said the outbreak which first occurred 18 local government areas of the state 5 months ago, rapidly spread to other local government areas of the state within the period
The Niger state commissioner lamented over the rate of open defecation and waste disposal across the state as responsible for the cholerea outbreak, urged people on the need for preventive measures against reoccurance of the endemic.
Dr. Makun Sidi however applauded Pathfinder International for various health support and awareness campaigns across the state and other parts of the country.
Report shows that response efforts on cholera outbreaks are experiencing challenges in reaching a handful of communities with risk communication strategies,outbreak response measures and vaccination campaigns
Reports from NCDC shown that the since January 2021, Cholera cases have climbed substantially in Nigeria,with outbreaks concentrated in a number of Northern states.
Since the beginning of 2021,a total of 22,130 suspected Cholera cases and 526 death have been reported from 18 states and 28 percent of all cases are among children aged 5-14 years old.
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