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WHO "moving swiftly" to contain northeast Nigeria cholera outbreak
31.08.2017 08:02 "Agro Perspectiva" (Kyiv) —
As of yesterday, the WHO (UN World Health Organization) and UN other partners said they are moving swiftly to help health authorities contain a cholera outbreak in a camp for internally displaced people (IDPs) within north-eastern Nigeria, UN Radio reports.
As to the report, a total of 69 cases including 5 deaths have been reported so far in the outbreak at Muna Garage, a camp on the outskirts of the state capital Maiduguri (which is home to 44,000 people displaced by conflict and famine).
As to the report, the state of Borno is at the heart of a humanitarian crisis within the north-east of the country where almost 7 million people need health assistance and 60% of health facilities are functioning partially or not at all.
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