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DEBORAH TOLU-KOLAWOLE and OLAIDE OYELUDE capture how inmates in an IDP camp in the Federal Capital Territory and some residents in Katsina State are battling cholera
The World Health Organisation describes cholera as an acute diarrhoea infection caused by ingestion of food or water contaminated with the bacteriumAs at August 1, 2021 the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control noted that no fewer than 816 persons lost their lives to cholera in 22 states and the FCT between January 1 and July 31, 2021. The health agency also put the total number of suspected cholera cases at 31,425.
He added, “Her sister was the first death we recorded. Since then, no one else has died but in the Kuchigoro community, we heard that close to 10 people died. Her mother did not know the disease was affecting her daughter until she got to the health centre and they told her it was cholera. The mother initially thought they had malaria, she said they were vomiting and then before she knew it, they went to the hospital in town and she died while Hana survived.
“I was not feeling fine before,” she said in Hausa. “My sister and I started vomiting and we went to a hospital, but now I feel fine. I miss her . She was my best friend. She wanted to be a nurse while I wanted to be a doctor. Now, I don’t think I want to be a doctor again,” she said innocently. Commenting on the development, an epidemiologist, Dr Stephen Fagbemi, stated that cholera thrived during rainy seasons.
Hana and her family were not the only ones affected by the outbreak of cholera, in fact, Musa Adze, a 33-year-old farmer who lives in the Kuchigoro community close to the IDP camp lost his brother and his friend.
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