Cholera Prevention and Safety in High-Risk Areas: A Guide From International SOS
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Mahdi Garba (Lead writer) Cholera remains a significant public health challenge in Nigeria and across many African countries due to inadequate access…
Cholera and Climate Change in Nigeria: An Old Enemy in a Modern World
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Tzar Oluigbo (Lead Writer) For decades, Nigeria has struggled with recurring cholera outbreaks. More recently, climate change has exacerbated these outbreaks. This…
Improving Water, Sanitation and Hygiene in Nigeria: The Only Language Cholera Understands
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Nigeria is prone to seasonal disease outbreaks and in the last few years, a series of outbreaks including monkeypox, measles, Lassa fever,…
Federal Ministry of Health supports Borno state response to outbreak of Cholera
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On the 16th of August 2017, the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) was notified of a possible outbreak of Cholera in…
The Devils We Know
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This post was contributed by Iruka N. Okeke – a Professor of Molecular Microbiology, Haverford College in the USA. Her book, Divining…
Nigeria at 50 - a cholera outbreak and an unperturbed elite
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While in medical school in Nigeria, I learnt a bit about cholera …that it is an infection caused by the bacterium Vibrio…