Nigeria : Adamawa moves to combat cholera

More states in Nigeria are fighting against cholera, this time is Adamawa. A report from Next :

A victim of the disease which has resulted in the death of 10 people in Ganye, while six have also been confirmed dead at Sukur.

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" The Adamawa State government, at the weekend, dispatched a team of medical personnel and material to communities struck by cholera outbreak in the state, the Commissioner for Health, Zainab Kwomchi has said.

Although the commissioner could not give a tally of the number of deaths, reports put the number of cholera-related deaths in the state at over 20. “While the numbers of deaths so far were not readily quantified, nevertheless the state government responded by sending life saving teams to Madagali and Ganye to help the situation,” said Mrs Kwomchi. The places severely hit by the outbreak were Sukur village in Madagali Local Government Area, and in Ganye Local Government Council.

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The cholera outbreak, which has become an annual occurrence towards the end of the rainy season, is widely believed to be caused by fertilizers washed from farms into wells and streams where most rural communities get their source of drinking water. The disease, characterized with symptoms of diarrhoea, vomiting, chest pain, headache and fever, has resulted in the death of 10 people in Ganye, while six have also been confirmed dead at Sukur."