Open AccessLow case fatality during 2017 cholera outbreak in Borno State, North Eastern Nigeria
Author(s) -
Ballah Akawu Denue,
Cecilia B Akawu,
Salihu Aliyu Kwayabura,
Ibrahim Musa Kida
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
annals of african medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.433
H-Index - 26
ISSN - 1596-3519
DOI - 10.4103/aam.aam_66_17
Subject(s) - case fatality rate , outbreak , medicine , attack rate , sanitation , population , environmental health , epidemiology , cholera , demography , socioeconomics , virology , pathology , sociology
Cholera is endemic in sub-Saharan Africa, especially in areas affected by natural disaster and human conflict. Northeastern Nigeria is experiencing a health crisis due to the destruction of essential amenities such as health infrastructure, sanitation facilities, water supplies, and human resources by Boko Haram insurgents. In 2017, a cholera outbreak occurred in five local government areas (LGAs) hosting internally displaced persons. The Nigeria Center for Disease Control, World Health Organization, Mĕdecins Sans Frontiĕres International, and several other organizations supported disease containment. An emergency operating center (EOC) established by the State Ministry of Health (SMoH) then coordinated the outbreak response.