The states with the greatest cholera cases in the nation, according to the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC), are Zamfara, Cross River, Adamawa, and Ogun.
This was said by Dr. Sebastian Yennan, Incident Manager for the NCDC’s Cholera Technical Working Group, on Tuesday in Abuja during the regular meeting of the WASH in Emergency Working Group.
He asserts that the cases are updates from Epidemiology Week 39 at the centre and that efforts are still being made to supply the affected states and the rest of the nation with reaction supplies.
In collaboration with the WHO, the NCDC distributed infection prevention and control kits, WASH kits, and chlorine powder, among other things, as part of its intervention in the form of cholera case management, according to Yennan.
This action, he observed, was being prioritised in the four states, stating the kits given could also be used in crises like the Lassa fever and diphtheria outbreaks.
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“Our cholera response is at the 36 states and the FCT. The NCDC has cooperated with a third-party logistics company in the distribution of consumables and also to bring samples.
“In Zamfara, for instance, the governor visited the MSF/Doctors Without Borders-built cholera treatment facility in Anka local government, where they have received response supplies.”
He added that the centre was in charge of managing the Basic Health Care Provision Fund and urged governments to emphasise cholera prevention by making sure that monies were allocated early and were available.
The fund, according to Yenna, was created to improve the federal healthcare system and calls for states to anticipate their needs in order to use it before, during, and after a disease outbreak.
Additionally, he exhorted all stakeholders to fortify their alliances in order to advance lobbying for the nation’s health emergency prevention.
