Tag: cholera
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How to avoid cholera – NYSC DG to corps members
Brig.-Gen. Yusha’u Ahmed, Director-General of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) has urged corps members to practise best hygiene to guide against cholera or any form of disease.
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Cholera epidemic continues spread across Nigeria
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) says it registered 63 deaths and 2102 suspected cases in the ongoing cholera epidemic across the country.
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Treat cholera with same seriousness as COVID-19 – Rep. Faleke urges
Rep. James Faleke (Ikeja Federal Constituency) has called on Nigerians to treat the outbreak of cholera in some parts of the country with the level of seriousness they handled COVID-19 pandemic. Faleke made the call in an interview with NAN in Lagos on Monday.
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Cholera in hard times – By Dakuku Peterside
Yemen, a West Asian country in the Arabian Peninsula, reported one million cases of cholera in March 2018. The world shook. At that time, Yemen was in civil war, leading to the Stockholm Agreement between feuding parties.
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Cholera: Water safety threatened by improper refuse disposal, open defecation – NCDC
Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) has expressed concern over growing threat to water safety in the country, which triggers outbreak of water-borne diseases, including cholera. Its Director-General, Dr Jide Idris, expressed worry in an interview with NAN on Sunday in Abuja, stressing
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FG upbeat on curtailing spread of cholera
Federal Government has promised to curtail the spread of cholera through effective hygiene and sanitation practices in the country.
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FG reactivates water labs to curb cholera
Prof. Joseph Utsev, Minister of Water Resources and Sanitation, says the ministry has reactivated its laboratories across the six geopolitical zones to curtail further spread of cholera outbreak in Nigeria.
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Death toll rises as cholera spreads at severe rate in Lagos, other States
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) has reported 1,598 suspected cases of cholera across 107 local government areas.
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CARTOON OF THE DAY: Cholera, poverty and renewed hope
CARTOON OF THE DAY: Cholera, poverty and renewed hope
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Cholera: Oyo Gov’t rolls out preventive measures in public schools
The Oyo State government has rolled out some guidelines to ensure that food handlers in public schools follow strict hygiene practices to prevent contamination. The Executive Chairman, Oyo State Universal Basic Education Board, (SUBEB), Dr Nureni Adeniran