Sixty Katsina residents have fallen at the hands of the diarrhoeal infection, cholera, as it spreads into communities within the state.
Sharing this was the Katsina State Commissioner for Health, Yakubu Danja, at the 2021 Annual General Meeting (AGM) of the State chapter of the Nigerian Medical Association (NMA), Katsina.
He disclosed that the state was working to ensure that residents had access to free drugs to treat the disease.
Danja added that the state government was carrying out sensitisation programmes across communities to educate residents on prevention and management steps.
The commissioner said, “We are aware of the current outbreak of diarrhea and vomiting that is affecting some communities in the state. The state government is making efforts towards control of the outbreak.”
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“Free drugs for the treatment of this outbreak are been purchased for distribution to hospitals for treatment of the cases.
“Health education on prevention and management of the disease is ongoing. Active case search and surveillance is also ongoing across the state.
“Presently, we have over 1,400 confirmed cases of cholera with over 60 recorded deads. Let me seize this opportunity to draw the attention of the general public to the fact that diarrhea and vomiting is a preventable disease.”
