Article via Daily Independent :
" Yobe State Public Enlightenment Committee (PEC) on avian influenza has embarked on tour of some local government areas of the state.
The tour is to guard against possible outbreak and spread of bird flu and other diseases in the state.
Members of the committee led by the Director of Information in the Ministry of Home Affairs, Information and Culture, Mohammed Babe Abubakar, were at Fika and Jakusko local government areas to discuss with the council executive, traditional rulers, and owners of poultries and farmers of other birds.
Abubakar said the last avian influenza outbreak consumed many fowls and birds in the state, adding that the state government was so disturbed that it decided to set up the committee that would continue to update knowledge of bird diseases, their prevention and control.
He also sought for the cooperation of the people towards ensuring the consumption of healthy fowls in the state while noting that the state was endowed with birds."
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Thursday, August 25, 2011
Monday, August 22, 2011
Nigeria : Cholera outbreak kills four in Ibadan
Article via Daily Independent :
" No fewer than four people have been reported dead from cholera outbreak in the Ibadan North West Local Government area of Oyo State with 16 others still battling for survival.
The dead include three adults and a child.
Confirming the incident, Director of Environmental Services in the local government council, Olalekan Olatunbosun, said Ayeye community was the worst hit by the outbreak, while places like Opo-Yeosa, Idi Ikan, Alawo, Abebi and Ekotedo were also affected by the epidemic.
Olatunbosun disclosed that the affected people that were initially taken to the Ayeye Health Centre and Oniyanrin Maternity but that they have since been transferred to the Cholera Unit at the State Hospital, Jericho, Ibadan.
He stressed that lack of toilet facilities in most of the houses in the affected communities was the likely cause of the outbreak.
“When our men went round, we found out that most of the houses do not have toilets and waste bins. Their water sources must have been polluted because they dumped faeces carelessly all around their houses.
“During earlier routine visits to the areas, before the cholera outbreak occurred, we marked some houses and gave them two weeks notice to put up toilets,” the officer noted.
The director said government had since discovered that none of the landlords complied with the directive and indicated that more houses had been marked for defaulting the environmental law."
" No fewer than four people have been reported dead from cholera outbreak in the Ibadan North West Local Government area of Oyo State with 16 others still battling for survival.
The dead include three adults and a child.
Confirming the incident, Director of Environmental Services in the local government council, Olalekan Olatunbosun, said Ayeye community was the worst hit by the outbreak, while places like Opo-Yeosa, Idi Ikan, Alawo, Abebi and Ekotedo were also affected by the epidemic.
Olatunbosun disclosed that the affected people that were initially taken to the Ayeye Health Centre and Oniyanrin Maternity but that they have since been transferred to the Cholera Unit at the State Hospital, Jericho, Ibadan.
He stressed that lack of toilet facilities in most of the houses in the affected communities was the likely cause of the outbreak.
“When our men went round, we found out that most of the houses do not have toilets and waste bins. Their water sources must have been polluted because they dumped faeces carelessly all around their houses.
“During earlier routine visits to the areas, before the cholera outbreak occurred, we marked some houses and gave them two weeks notice to put up toilets,” the officer noted.
The director said government had since discovered that none of the landlords complied with the directive and indicated that more houses had been marked for defaulting the environmental law."
Tuesday, November 2, 2010
Nigeria : Cholera claims 100 in Bauchi
An article from Daily Independent :
" Bauchi State Commissioner of Health, Alhaji Muhammad Yahaya Jalam, has declared that at least 100 people have been confirmed dead as a result of cholera epidemic in the state in the past three months.
The commissioner also said that “Government has controlled the cholera epidemic presently; only few patients remain in the hospital unlike before when we admitted between 50 to 100 patients in a day; we recorded over 11,220 cases all over the state out of which about 100 people died.”
He said the situation reduced due to the measures put in place by the state government in collaboration with doctors without borders medicine frontiers.
“Part of the measures include chlorinating over 6,000 wells and 5,000 houses in all parts of the state. And our health team works for 24 hours on shift basis; doing one thing or the other to control the spread of the disease,” he said."
" Bauchi State Commissioner of Health, Alhaji Muhammad Yahaya Jalam, has declared that at least 100 people have been confirmed dead as a result of cholera epidemic in the state in the past three months.
The commissioner also said that “Government has controlled the cholera epidemic presently; only few patients remain in the hospital unlike before when we admitted between 50 to 100 patients in a day; we recorded over 11,220 cases all over the state out of which about 100 people died.”
He said the situation reduced due to the measures put in place by the state government in collaboration with doctors without borders medicine frontiers.
“Part of the measures include chlorinating over 6,000 wells and 5,000 houses in all parts of the state. And our health team works for 24 hours on shift basis; doing one thing or the other to control the spread of the disease,” he said."
Sunday, July 25, 2010
Nigeria : Fresh Cholera Outbreak Kills Six In Bauchi
An article from Daily Independent :
" Six people have been confirmed dead and at least 160 infected following the outbreak of gyesteritics in some parts of Bauchi metropolis.
This was disclosed by the Commissioner of Health, Mohammed Yahaya Jalam, to Sunday Independent in his office on Friday. According to him, out of the 160 people infected, 100 have been treated at the Abubakar Tafawa Balewa Teaching Hospital, Bauchi, and discharged while the remaining 60 are still receiving treatment.
And a South African company, Zenith Water Projects, has donated cholera eradication materials to Adamawa and Taraba states to curtail the spread of the disease.
Chief Executive Officer of the company, Nicholas Igwe presented the items to the Minister of Water Resources, Obadiah Ando, in Abuja.
Jalam said the government has been able to locate the wards as affected within the metropolis, and has been able to assist the victims, adding: “We have been able to control it by disinfecting the whole wards, so that it does not break out in other wards and local governments, and we have been able to provide free treatment to all the affected persons.
“What causes this cholera outbreak, especially during rainy season, is that most of the communities do not treat their water before using (drinking) because when there is flood, it goes inside the well, and when such water are taken, one will be infected.”
According to him, after disinfecting the wards, they embarked on sensitisation campaign to make sure that people are aware because “it is only when you know where the problem comes from that they can take precautions."
" Six people have been confirmed dead and at least 160 infected following the outbreak of gyesteritics in some parts of Bauchi metropolis.
This was disclosed by the Commissioner of Health, Mohammed Yahaya Jalam, to Sunday Independent in his office on Friday. According to him, out of the 160 people infected, 100 have been treated at the Abubakar Tafawa Balewa Teaching Hospital, Bauchi, and discharged while the remaining 60 are still receiving treatment.
And a South African company, Zenith Water Projects, has donated cholera eradication materials to Adamawa and Taraba states to curtail the spread of the disease.
Chief Executive Officer of the company, Nicholas Igwe presented the items to the Minister of Water Resources, Obadiah Ando, in Abuja.
Jalam said the government has been able to locate the wards as affected within the metropolis, and has been able to assist the victims, adding: “We have been able to control it by disinfecting the whole wards, so that it does not break out in other wards and local governments, and we have been able to provide free treatment to all the affected persons.
“What causes this cholera outbreak, especially during rainy season, is that most of the communities do not treat their water before using (drinking) because when there is flood, it goes inside the well, and when such water are taken, one will be infected.”
According to him, after disinfecting the wards, they embarked on sensitisation campaign to make sure that people are aware because “it is only when you know where the problem comes from that they can take precautions."
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