CHOLERA - NIGERIA (02): (BORNO)
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Date: 1 Oct 2009
Source: Vanguard [edited]
<http://www.vanguardngr.com/2009/10/01/17-die-of-cholera-outbreak-in-borno/>


Cholera outbreak kills 17 in Borno
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No fewer than 9 people were reported dead while several others were 
hospitalised in Madube Village of Gwoza Local Government Area of 
Borno state, as a result of an outbreak of cholera, a disease which 
has symptoms of severe diarrhoea and vomiting. Meanwhile, in Biu LGA, 
8 people were confirmed dead and the wards of Biu General Hospital 
were filled up with people affected by the disease last week [21-25 
Sep 2009], receiving treatment.


The disease was said to have started from neighbouring Madagali 
council in Adamawa State before it spread to Gwoza. Both share a 
common boundary. The outbreak was confirmed to Vanguard yesterday [30 
Sep 2009]. In Gwoza, the Chairman of the local government, Alhaji 
Musa Abbas Chiroma, said 24 people contracted the disease and 4 died 
while the remaining 20 are still receiving treatment in various 
health clinics in the affected areas.

He said the council has taken drugs to the affected villages, while a 
team of medical experts/personnel were deployed permanently to the 
affected villages so as to ensure that the infection does not spread 
to other areas.

He added that the World Health Organisation (WHO) has visited the 
area and took specimens from the village to the University of 
Maiduguri Teaching Hospital (UMTH) for testing purposes. The WHO 
admonished the people of the council area to always keep their 
surroundings clean, and to wash their hands and food substances 
before consumption.

When our correspondent visited the General Hospital, Gwoza where some 
of the affected people were admitted, it was gathered that there were 
no drugs in the hospital as the relations of the sick people were 
busy purchasing drugs in nearby drug stores.

[Byline: Ndahi Marama]

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[Reports coming from Nigeria give yet another state to be involved in 
cholera disease of break. ProMED would appreciate any information 
relating to these frequent outbreaks. - Mod.BE

The HealthMap/ProMED-mail map of Nigeria showing Borno state is available at
<http://healthmap.org/r/00TS>. - Mod.JFW]

[see also:
Cholera - Tanzania: (Zanzibar West)  20090927.202711
Cholera - Ethiopia (03): Addis Ababa, susp  20090918.202407
Cholera, diarrhea & dysentery: Worldwide  20090914.202068
Cholera - Kenya: Turkana  20090914.202053
Cholera - Ethiopia (02): Addis Ababa, susp., RFI  20090909.201978
Cholera, fatal - Kenya: (Nairobi) susp, RFI  20090907.201933
Cholera - Ethiopia: Addis Ababa, susp., RFI  20090906.201904
Cholera - Zimbabwe (02): (Manicaland)  20090827.201489
Cholera update: WHO global surveillance summary 2008  20090805.201108
Cholera - DR Congo: (N. & S. Kivu)  20090726.200887
Cholera - Somalia: (Mogadishu)  20090726.200886
Cholera - Zimbabwe: (Mashonaland E. Prov)  20090725.200878
Cholera - Uganda (02): (Busia) RFI  20090724.200847
Cholera - Sudan: (N. Bahr-al-Ghazal, Aweil), conf  20090717.200637
Cholera - Uganda: (Busia) susp  20090715.200580
Cholera - Uganda: (Kasese), ex DR Congo  20090712.200530]

[Additional background information on cholera is available from the 
general ProMED-mail list. The postings below can be found at
<http://www.promedmail.org>. - Mod.JFW]

[Cholera, diarrhea & dysentery update 2009 (24)  20090930.3411
Cholera, diarrhea & dysentery update 2009 (20)  20090724.2616
2008
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Cholera, diarrhea & dysentery update 2008 (54)  20081218.3988
Cholera, diarrhea & dysentery update 2008 (51)  20081212.3906
Cholera, diarrhea & dysentery update 2008 (44)  20081118.3641
Cholera, diarrhea & dysentery update 2008 (43): Congo DR  20081114.3597
Cholera, diarrhea & dysentery update 2008 (41)  20081023.3347
Cholera, diarrhea & dysentery update 2008 (40)  20081014.3253
Cholera, diarrhea & dysentery update 2008 (38)  20081001.3099
Cholera, diarrhea & dysentery update 2008 (30)  20080702.2019]
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