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WITH over 27,000 infections and 653 deaths recorded in 22 states and the Federal Capital Territory in the past seven months, Nigeria has now slipped into a cholera epidemic. In Jigawa, over 100 persons have died of the disease while 5,000 have been hospitalised, according to the state government. Indeed, the rising cases of cholera infections amid the third wave of the COVID-19 pandemic could spell doom for the country’s decrepit health system, which is being worsened by a fresh doctors’ strike.
Despite being a preventable disease, Nigeria has continued to witness incessant outbreaks in the past 30 years. According to the Nigerian Centre for Disease Control, between January and November of 2018, the country recorded 43,996 cholera cases and 836 deaths across 20 states with an attack rate of 127.43/100,000 population and a case fatality rate of 1.90 percent.
WaterAid, an international non-profit organisation, says 116 million people in Nigeria lack basic sanitation, while 55 million people are without clean water. It adds that 110 million people do not have basic hygiene facilities and around 60,000 children under the age of five in Nigeria die from diseases caused by the poor levels of access to water, sanitation, and hygiene. With such worrisome statistics, it is not surprising that over 100 million Nigerians are susceptible to cholera.
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