A total of 264 deaths have been recorded across the country since the outbreak of various epidemics in the last quarter of last year.
The bulk of the casualties occurred in Kaduna, Kano, Gombe, Borno and Katsina States where measles claimed 196 lives.
A report released by the Health Emergency Response Division, Public Health Department, Federal Ministry of Health indicates that a total of 5,957 cases of measles were reported nationwide over the last twelve weeks...
The report also disclosed that in Katsina State, a cumulative total of 201 cases and 21 deaths were recorded in the cerebro-spinal meningitis ( CS M) epidemic that occurred in three local government areas of the state...
In 2007, a total of 1444 cases and 34 deaths were recorded from cholera outbreaks nationwide. The outbreaks occurred in Borno, Jigawa, Bauchi, Kaduna, Edo, Delta and Bayelsa States.
Nigeria's disease outbreak has reached nearly epidemic proportions. Measles, cholera, yellow fever, and cerebro-spinal meningitis are all preventable diseases, but the health department in Nigeria does not have the resources to immunize even the majority of their citizens. Hundreds and even thousands of people are dieing from diseases that could be treated if they only lived in a more prosperous part of the world.
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