Cholera spreads through contaminated food and water, reappearing periodically in countries like Nigeria where people are unable...
Cholera spreads through contaminated food and water, reappearing periodically in countries like Nigeria where people are unable to secure access to clean drinking water and ensure adequate sanitation.The state’s Commissioner for Health, Tomi Coker, on Thursday, said the 12 fatalities were recorded out of about 246 cases recorded so far.
Mrs Coker, an obstetrician and gynaecologist, noted that the cholera outbreak is being fuelled by “high level of open defecation, poor waste management and poor water source.” She added that her ministry is also collaborating with the Ministry of Environment and other relevant Ministries, Departments, and Agencies to contain the spread of the disease.
The commissioner said: “It is unfortunate that our people still engage in open defecation, unaware that fecal materials enter shallow wells, which many of them use as water sources. For instance, in Ijebu-North Local Government, we found 52 shallow wells and microbiological testing revealed that 75 per cent of these wells had evidence of fecal contamination with coliform bacteria.
The report shows that the suspected cases and deaths of Cholera in 2023 had decreased by 63 and 67 per cent respectively compared to what was reported at epidemiological week 34 in 2022. It is a preventable and treatable epidemic-prone disease. The number of cholera cases tends to increase with the outset of the rainy season.
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