16 Dead,172 Hospitalized As Cholera Hit IDPs Camp In Maiduguri

                           

The World Health Organisation and WHO,and UNICEF,  are battling  an outbreak of cholera in 3 Internally displaced Persons Camp, IDP in Maiduguri, which has left 16 people dead and 172 hospitalized.
National Emergency and Management Agency NEMA's Information Officer said it was not cholera outbreak but a case of Diarrhoea.

The affected camps are those housing IDPs from Mafa along Dikwa/Ngala Road.

UNICEF official told vanguard That “The situation at the camps is terrible. It was sudden and already a large number has been affected.At the last count, we have 16 dead and about 172 affected. We are in an emergency health situation in those camps.”
It is also gather that the affected persons are prevented from leaving the camps to prevent spread of the epidemic until the disease is brought under control,the affected are also separated from the unaffected in the IDP's camps.

“The camps were unkept, unclean and with all sort of waste all over which informed the outbreak and encouraged its wild-fire spread.“We are doing everything possible to ensure that we control the spread. We encourage the IDPs to ensure cleanliness.a medical official reveals