CHOLERA EPIDEMIC RECENTLY RAVAGED COMMUNITIES IN KANO STATE, KILLING ABOUT 71 PERSONS. IT CAME AT THE HEELS OF SIMILAR OCCURENCE IN LAGOS STATE WHERE SOME PEOPLE LOST THEIR LIVES. EXPERTS AND INTERNATIONAL HEALTH ORGANISATIONS HAVE SAID THAT THE EPIDEMIC IN KANO IS A REFLECTION OF THE HEALTH INADEQUACIES OF THE COUNTRY.
Health officials and international health organisations were overwhelmed at the recent cholera outbreak that ravaged some communities in Kano State leaving about 71 people dead and scores of others still receiving medication in health institutions. The cholera outbreak in Kano, experts said, was caused by consumption of unhygienic foods by the residents, especially with the high dependency on fruits by the residents.
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