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Nigeria flags off environmental response to cholera outbreak

Chidinma Anyalewechi by Chidinma Anyalewechi
September 7, 2021
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Cholera: Nigeria records 2,141 deaths in 65,145 suspected cases

A displaced South Sudanese child receives an oral cholera vaccine in a camp for internally displaced people in the United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) compound in Tomping, Juba February 28, 2014. REUTERS/Andreea Campeanu (SOUTH SUDAN - Tags: CIVIL UNREST POLITICS HEALTH) - RTR3FTIT

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The Federal Government of Nigeria has flagged off a national campaign on environmental response to combat the ongoing cholera outbreak in the country.

Flagging off the campaign on National Environmental Sanitation Response to Cholera Outbreak in Nigeria at Kubwa in Abuja on Monday, the Minister of Environment, Dr Mohammad Abubakar said the campaign was in response to the growing and alarming rate of current cholera outbreak in the country.

The situation reports from Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) released on 17th August 2021 reveals a total number of 37,498 suspected cases including 1,149 deaths in 24 states and FCT.

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In the report, the Minister mentioned the state affected as Benue, Delta, Zamfara, Gombe, Bayelsa, Kogi, Sokoto, Bauchi, Kano, Kaduna, Plateau, Kebbi, Cross River, Niger, Nasarawa, Jigawa, Yobe, Kwara, Enugu, Borno, Kastina, Adamawa, Taraba and FCT, Abuja with an increasing number of new cases in Zamfara, Bauchi, Kano, Gombe, Plateau, and Niger.

According to Dr Abubakar, “It is against this background today’s event is being organised to flag off our response activities to the increasing rate of spread of Cholera cases across the country, sensitize the general public on cholera preventive and control measures to avert further outbreaks and strengthen collaboration with NCDC and other stakeholders in tackling the cholera scourge.”

He stated that the Federal Ministry of Environment along with all relevant stakeholders including Environmental Health Officers in the states and local government areas have commenced the nationwide intervention response activities covering the following specific areas:

  • Sanitary inspection of premises/Environmental Health Surveillance of hotspot communities.
  • Treatment of contaminated water sources/sites.
  • Strengthening capacity of Environmental Health Officers (EHOs) in the State Ministries of Environment and the affected LGAs.
  • Sanitary inspection of food business premises of affected communities; advocacy, sensitization and community town hall meetings on control of open defecation practices and its health impact.”

Others include sanitary inspection of schools in affected communities; training of community volunteers on safe water handling, environmental sanitation and hygiene practices; and working with the State and Local Governments to ensure enforcement of relevant Environmental Sanitation Laws, Standards, Regulations and Guidelines in all the communities.

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Chidinma Anyalewechi

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